Shure
Beta 56A
Dynamic · Supercardioid · 50–16,000 Hz
- A Beta 57A capsule in a short body on a locking swivel — it gets under a hi-hat where a full-length mic cannot.
- Shure's own spec sheet prints the weight as “0.468 lg (1.6 lbs)”; 468 g is the metric figure, and the pounds do not match it.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve traced from a graph the manufacturer actually publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. Shure publishes figures for the Beta 56A but no response graph, so the numbers are in the spec table below and the chart stays empty.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for supercardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shure |
|---|---|
| Model | Beta 56A |
| Type | Dynamic |
| Form factor | Clip-on |
| Polar pattern | Supercardioid |
| Frequency range | 50–16,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 2.8 mV/Pa · -51.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — |
| Self-noise | — |
| Impedance | 150 Ω (output) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | None (dynamic) |
| Weight | 468 g |
| Price tier | Mid |
| Introduced | — |
Every figure above is from Shure’s own published datasheet for this model — see the datasheet. A dash means the manufacturer does not publish that figure; it does not mean zero.
What it gets used for
- Snare top
- Toms
- Guitar cab
MicSense tags microphones by the job on a live stage, not by studio category — so you can filter for “kick in” or “monitor vocal” instead of working backwards from “large-diaphragm condenser”.
Compare it against the alternatives.
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