Shure Nexadyne 8/C & 8/S: How They Work & Live Test

What makes Shure's Nexadyne 8/C Cardioid and 8/S Supercardioid mics ideal for live vocals? Andrew gets technical and shares the engineering that went into creating the Nexadyne series. You'll also see a comparison between these microphones and Shure's SM58 in a live music scenario.

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0:00 Intro
0:28 The Uniphase Principal
2:18 Shure Revonic Transducer
3:41 Live Performance Audio Test
6:01 Vocalist's Thoughts
8:13 How Do They Work?
9:59 Final Thoughts

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[KRE-]

Im a singer that sings oldies tribute shows. Rat Pack, Engelbert, Tom Jones Doowop etc. I just got the wireless 8c capsule. I’ve been using the beta 87a and love it. But this gives me the upper and mid clarity of the 87 with the “warmth” of a dymanjc mic. And I find I’m using less eq, as advertised. I’m loving this mic and would recommend it highly.

[erpece]

Thank you. The live isolated performance showed there is little difference except for the obvious benefit of the supercardiod 8S.

[timelesstruths]

Great review, knowing the value of audio will only make the choice for this product easier.

[MattGriffo]

This whole video is amazing. Such a good job on all front! Thank you for this

[ciekaweify]

They made KSM8 not so long ago, and here are two more Neaxadyne 8 s c. They sped up, but are they good products? The price is $400 - is this microphone good, the best? Does the listener need it, will he recognize the quality?

[UHF]

7:48 That's simply not true. The plosives were over the top on both the 8C and 8S

[TimmyP]

Finally, a comparison that involved plenty of noise around the vocalist. Leakage is my biggest complaint with the SM58 Vs other some models from other brands. And I hate proximity effect. (I'm disappointed that the shown response graphs did not show the proximity curves.)

[SicarioAJ]

Great review! 8S sounds the best in my opinion. Clean and tight sound!

[biot_travel]

i actually thought the 8C sounded better than the 8S 😐 especially when the vocal was reverberating or hanging on words - probably depends on what you like to hear (as everything with audio)

[ericecho]

The 8s also had more stage rejection on the isolated track

[vincebrocato]

Confused as to S or C mic for me. Live stage performance with tracks or Live?

[MrNicknayme]

YouTube compression messes this up. I would love it if you had links to the raw files..

[anthonydeutsch]

You guys are hilarious - nice video thank you!

[delbertottensmanjr]

You cant do a mic test with only high range vocals, its all the little crisp highs and full lows that make the difference and you cant hear that here. Iv'e been singing for 35 years and tried them all and I think the Sure Berta58 blows them all away except for the Neumann KS105, but the price on that is insane.

[crazyED]

I was hearing a little bit of shrillness on the s compared to the c. The se v7 sounds just like that on the vocalist I work with. We're trying to figure out which one to try. He's been on the v7 for about 2 years. We have loud cymbals but use shields. Use only one floor monitor. Stage isn't crazy loud other than drums at times I def like the C better but i need to hear the bleed of a real drum set. Anyone make that video yet?

[losduendeslokos]

Why comparing a 100 dollars mic to a 300 dollars mic no doubt the new technology is wonderful but are they going to take the 58 out of the market ?

[jakubpodesva]

Ufff, I don't know, listening on my Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro and I can hardly hear anything better with both new mics :-/ Huge proximity "bumph" still here with every T and even W and S (???) and the singer is not even close to mic and is not singing P, B and another REALY problematic plosives. Voice sounded distorted in some parts but it sounded almost like it was peaking in recorder/interface..? It would also be helpful if there were same passages of the song with different mics cause when the vocal and piano is changing with the mics it makes everything even more hard do differentiate. Bleed from monitors was bit better with supercardioid model but as far as the monitors were set in that angle you shown us and were not changed for SC and C models, it is fairly logical - while this angled 2 monitor setup is aimed to dead places of SC pattern, it should be right behind the axis of Cardioid pattern, otherwise it is firing right to the sides where the mic is still somehow sensitive which made the whole thing even more unfair (as well as some people still placing monitor in axis with Beta 58A and wondering why they have feedback...). I don't know guys, but this review TO ME was useful only with technical stuff (which i found really interesting) but the "sound test" could have been done better in my opinion. I am very sorry for criticism and thank you for the video anyway!

[metaldemon]

"actual engineers, not audio engineers"
oofda... that stung lol

[atleengelstad]

This is maybe a great microphone, but I am feeling I am watching an ad.... sorry to say that....

[Sheoran]

​ brother pls answer my question that if rolling shutter speed is 20ms and shutter speed is 1/16sec(62ms) so brother frame has information bw 0 to 20ms brother am I right ? Thanks for your help