Artist
Coldplay
Records
Album · 2016
A Head Full of Dreams
Lead vocal, Electric guitar, Bass, Drum kit
Stands for: A Head Full of Dreams, Adventure of a Lifetime, Up&Up
Verified4Inferred5
Song · from A Head Full of Dreams, 2016
Hymn for the Weekend
Lead vocal, Beyoncé vocal, Guitars, Bass, Drums and percussion, Keyboards and synths, Brass, Mix bus and stereo bus
Verified53Reported2Inferred1
Album · 2011
Mylo Xyloto
Vocals, Drums, Keyboards, Mix
Stands for: Charlie Brown, Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall, Hurts Like Heaven, Paradise
Verified6
Usual practice
What the people behind these records say they generally do. None of it is stated for a particular record, so every item is rated inferred.
Telefunken M82Drum kitInferred
Usual practice, not stated for this record: Dynamic microphone Simpson uses on the kick drum, which he likes for its weight and attack without a clanking tone.
From the record for A Head Full of Dreams, where the source is linked.
Telefunken 251Drum kitInferred
Used as a pair of drum overheads in Simpson's usual drum-mic setup.
From the record for A Head Full of Dreams, where the source is linked.
Shure SM57Electric guitarInferred
Close microphone on electric guitar cabinets in Simpson's usual approach.
From the record for A Head Full of Dreams, where the source is linked.
Royer Ribbon microphone (model not stated)Electric guitarInferred
Second microphone, alongside the SM57, on electric guitar cabinets in Simpson's usual approach.
From the record for A Head Full of Dreams, where the source is linked.
Shure SM7BassInferred
Microphone on the bass cabinet in Simpson's usual approach.
From the record for A Head Full of Dreams, where the source is linked.
Telefunken 251Beyoncé vocalInferred
Usual practice, not stated for this record: Simpson says Beyoncé favours this mic.
From the record for Hymn for the Weekend, where the source is linked.
Gear on these records
- Avalon Mic preamp (model not stated)
- Brainworx BX_refinement
- Crane Song HEDD 192
- Crane Song Phoenix II
- EastWest QL Spaces
- FabFilter Pro-C 2
- FabFilter Pro-DS
- FabFilter Pro-G
- FabFilter Pro-Q 2
- FXpansion Bloom
- GML Equaliser (model not stated)
- iZotope Ozone 5
- iZotope Ozone 6
- Kush Audio Clariphonic DSP MkI
- Kush Audio UBK1
- Mutable Instruments Clouds
- Royer Ribbon microphone (model not stated)
- Sequential Prophet 12
- Shure SM57
- Shure SM58
- Shure SM7
- Slate Digital FG-X
- Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack
- Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines
- Solid State Logic Matrix
- Soundtoys Decapitator
- Soundtoys PanMan
- Soyuz Microphone (model not stated)
- Soyuz SU17
- SPL TwinTube
- SSL Compressor (model not stated)
- STC/Coles 4012
- Telefunken 251
- Telefunken M80
- Telefunken M82
- Thermionic Culture Culture Vulture
- Thermionic Culture Phoenix
- Universal Audio 4-710d
- Universal Audio 610
- Universal Audio 6176 Vintage Channel Strip
- Universal Audio Little Labs VOG
- Universal Audio UA-610
- Universal Audio UAD API 2500
- Universal Audio UAD Fairchild 670
- Universal Audio UAD Fatso Jr
- Universal Audio UAD LA2
- Universal Audio UAD Maag EQ4
- Universal Audio UAD Maestro Echoplex
- Universal Audio UAD Manley Massive Passive EQ
- Universal Audio UAD Pultec EQP-1A
- Universal Audio UAD SSL E Channel
- Universal Audio UAD Studer A800
- Vertigo Sound VSM2 Satellite
- Waves H-Delay
- Waves L2
- Waves Renaissance Vox
- Wavesfactory TrackSpacer