sE Electronics
sE7 sideFire
Small-diaphragm condenser · Cardioid · 20–20,000 Hz
- The sE7 capsule turned 90° — it points sideways, so it hangs in front of a guitar cab without a stand leg in the walkway.
- Same 136 / 156 dB SPL and 16 dB(A) noise floor as the end-address sE7.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve redrawn from a graph the manufacturer publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. No published graph has been redrawn for the sE7 sideFire yet, so the numbers are in the spec table below.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for cardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | sE Electronics |
|---|---|
| Model | sE7 sideFire |
| Type | Small-diaphragm condenser |
| Form factor | Side-address |
| Polar pattern | Cardioid |
| Frequency range | 20–20,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 19 mV/Pa · -34.5 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | 136 dB SPL (THD not stated) |
| Self-noise | 16 dB(A) |
| Impedance | — not published by the maker |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | Phantom 48 V |
| Weight | 163 g |
Specifications: sE Electronics specifications page · last checked 2 Oct 2026. These are the maker’s published figures for this model. A dash never means zero: “not published by the maker” means the maker’s documents give no figure; “not yet checked” means MicSense has not confirmed one yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.
MicSense notes
| Price tier | Mid |
|---|---|
| Introduced | — not recorded |
Price tier and “a rider regular” are MicSense’s own judgement, not the maker’s.
What it gets used for
- Guitar cab
- Acoustic instrument
- Overhead
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”.
sE7 sideFire alternatives: closest in published specs
Based on published specifications only — always listen at soundcheck. These are the microphones in the MicSense library whose datasheet figures sit closest to the sE Electronics sE7 sideFire’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the sE Electronics sE7 sideFire: response curve not redrawn yet.
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Shure
Beta 181
- Same job: guitar cab, acoustic instrument, overhead
- Same type: condenser (small diaphragm)
- Switchable pattern — set it to cardioid
- Same form: side-address
- Max SPL as high or higher (149 vs 136 dB SPL)
- ≈ 12 dB less output — add about 12 dB gain
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AKG
C414 XLII
- Same job: guitar cab, acoustic instrument
- Switchable pattern — set it to cardioid
- Same form: side-address
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Max SPL as high or higher (140 vs 136 dB SPL)
- Condenser (large diaphragm) instead of condenser (small diaphragm)
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Neumann
KM 184
- Same job: acoustic instrument, overhead
- Same type: condenser (small diaphragm)
- Same cardioid pattern
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Max SPL as high or higher (138 vs 136 dB SPL)
- Stick / pencil instead of side-address — mounts differently
Compare it against the alternatives.
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