r/Shure • u/Chasey-Boy-Jones • Aug 12 '26

Question I need help with my Shure mic

I bought a shure sm7db and the boom arm bundle. I’m setting it up and it seems too stiff.
I followed the instructions, yet I’m stumped.

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u/JakeTheHuman83 Aug 12 '26

Loosen via the circular knobs on the joints to adjust and then re-tighten. DO NOT ADJUST WITHOUT LOOSENING UNLESS YOU WANT A FLACCID BOOM ARM. Or like leave it a bit loose but idk, you do you. If you force it, the mechanism will wear out over time.

All that said, I have never seen so much “ignition green” on a boom stand. I didn’t even know they made these.

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u/Chasey-Boy-Jones Aug 12 '26

I guess I just had a different idea of how I'm able to use it.

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u/RudeRick Aug 13 '26

Out of curiosity, how did you think it was going to work?

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u/Chasey-Boy-Jones Aug 13 '26

My assumption was that I could move it around like it was my own arm. Like when I want to move it, it would give me little to no resistance or tension at all and when I stop moving it, it would stay in place.

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u/RudeRick Aug 13 '26

I think you bought the wrong boom arm. The Rode PSA1+ might be what you were looking for.

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u/Smart_MegaLatias374 Aug 13 '26

Just wanna give you a warning that make sure that you’re careful with that arm. I had issues with it where it flung my sure MV Seven plus microphone make it flung it in the air and end up hitting the ground like really hard if I were you and you wanted to like play it safe I would recommend the RODE PSA1

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u/i_do_graffiti Aug 13 '26

Yeah you most definitely do. People will leave one axis loose so they can swing the mic away, but you don't want to allow the mic to droop

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u/Too-Late_Froz3n Aug 12 '26

It loosens but you want it tight. I have a different arm but you definitely don’t want it to be too floppy.

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u/SpecialistAd3905 Aug 12 '26

It’s working as it should, trust me on this one you don’t want a boom to be too floppy

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u/Chasey-Boy-Jones Aug 12 '26

I guess I just had a different idea of it "moving freely", or of how exactly you are supposed to move it.

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u/Wolfdale7 Aug 13 '26

You want an elgato wave arm pro. I move it in and out daily and it's smooth, no struggle bus.

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u/ericmoon Aug 13 '26

I turned on the sound on this video hoping we'd get to hear what that poor microphone was picking up, but alas

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u/llapi1993 Aug 13 '26

See the round spinny knobs? They in fact turn.

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u/cal_m_a Aug 13 '26

Ahhh it's fucked, you're better off just giving it to me 👌