Shure celebrates with a seminar the 75 Unidyne launch anniversary, first unidirectional microphone

Introduced in 1939 and still manufactured today, the model 55 It was the first unidirectional microphone to use a single dynamic element.

Coinciding with the 75 Unidyne launch anniversary 55, Shure celebrated yesterday Monday 14 July an online seminar in which a tour of this legendary microphone was made. Often called “the Elvis mic”, It has a classic look that is a cultural icon, to the point of being still manufactured today by Shure.

Introduced in 1939 and still manufactured today, the model 55 It was the first unidirectional microphone to use a single dynamic element. The past 31 January, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers awarded this microphone its number 137.

During the online seminar, Michael Pettersen, in charge of technical production and in charge of compiling the history of the company, offered an overview of the place this microphone occupies in broadcast history, politics and entertainment in the 20th century. In addition, made a history of the prototypes that gave rise to the Unidyne that we know today and the surprising story of Ben Bauer, the ukrainian immigrant 24 years he invented the Unidyne, obtaining the first of one hundred patents in audio technologies.