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How five designers actually use FigmaShure SM7B
Shure SM7B is one of the most popular microphone choices among Workspaces creators, appearing in 21 of 551 creator setups (4%). It skews toward designers, founders and engineers.
21 desks No. 2 of 85 microphones No. 27 in the Top 50
No. 539 Matt D. Smith 
No. 385 Noah Shreve 
No. 369 Patrick Morgan By the numbers
Of the 551 in the archive
Used in 21 of 551 Workspaces
Of 85 microphones
Often on the same desks
Alternatives to Shure SM7B
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28 desks
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No. 539 Matt D. Smith Designer and the Founder of Shift Nudge 
No. 385 Noah Shreve Award-winning Designer and Webflow Developer 
No. 369 Patrick Morgan Designer and Writer living in Los Angeles, CA 
No. 335 Brad Cerasani Designer & Engineer located in Winnipeg, Canada 
No. 317 Hunter Hammonds Founder & CEO of Assembly 
No. 307 Adam Elmore Independent Cloud Consultant helping startups build products on AWS 
No. 305 Benten Woodring Lead UI Designer 
No. 282 Ilya Miskov Visual & Product Designer from Estonia 
No. 267 Theo Browne Founder and CEO of Ping Labs 
No. 264 Katie Langerman Systems Designer at GitHub and co-organizer of Ladies that UX Boston 
No. 222 Mike Strives Founder of Upvoty 
No. 219 Patrick Morgan Writer of the ‘Better By Design’ Substack and Principal Product Designer at cybersecurity startup JupiterOne 
No. 195 Teslim Alabi Product Design Lead at Netflix 
No. 193 Tim Benniks Principal Developer Advocate at Uniform with a focus on developer relations, community building, and content creation 
No. 186 Kitze Founder of Sizzy, the browser for web developers 
No. 161 Diana Chow Music Producer and Artist based in Los Angeles 
No. 152 Michael Riddering Founding designer at Maven and the creator of Figma Academy 
No. 148 Austen Allred Co-founder and CEO of BloomTech 
No. 122 Brian Casel Founder of ZipMessage, a video messaging tool for async conversations 
No. 108 Adam Elmore Host of aws.fm — a live audio show and podcast about AWS 
No. 105 James McKinven Freelance Podcast and Video Producer Questions
Is the Shure SM7B worth it?
Shure SM7B is one of the most popular microphone choices among Workspaces creators, appearing in 21 of 551 creator setups (4%). It skews toward designers, founders and engineers.
What gear goes well with the Shure SM7B?
In real Workspaces setups, the Shure SM7B most often appears alongside the MacBook Pro, Apple Magic Trackpad, and Herman Miller Aeron. Those make a good starting point if you're building around it.
What are the best alternatives to the Shure SM7B?
The most-used microphone alternatives among Workspaces creators are the Shure MV7 (28 setups), the Blue Yeti (20 setups), and the Elgato Wave:3 (7 setups).
How many creators use the Shure SM7B?
The Shure SM7B appears in 21 of 551 Workspaces creator setups (4%), making it the #2 most-used microphone in the database.
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