The Shure MV6 is the brand's entry-level USB microphone, and it's an excellent product that's easy to set up and use, but ...

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Deciding to go for a full digital design for the circuitry, the peripheral is based off of a MEMS microphone and an STM32 microcontroller doing the heavy lifting between it and a USB connection.