AKG C 12

Records it appears on · 14

• Jagged Little Pill

  Alanis Morissette · Album, 1996

  • Lead and backing vocals · MicrophoneVerifiedChosen by instinct as the microphone for Morissette's vocals on the album sessions, and never swapped for another.
• The Best Damn Thing

  Avril Lavigne · Album, 2007

  • Lead vocal (Walker sessions) · MicrophoneReportedMain lead vocal microphone for Lavigne in the Butch Walker sessions.
• Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile

  Everclear · Album, 2000

  • Vocals · MicrophoneReportedAlexakis's vocal microphone, one of the microphones he bought for his basement studio.
• Rise

  Herb Alpert · Rise, 1979

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneInferredUsual practice, not stated for this record: Overhead microphones in Hahn's go-to miking scheme of the period.
  • Handclaps · MicrophoneReportedHahn believes he probably placed one or two C12s in the room to record the overdubbed handclaps.
• Chaos and the Calm

  James Bay · Album, 2014

  • Piano · MicrophoneVerifiedMic on the Blackbird Baldwin grand piano.Position: just above the hammers
• The Lonesome Jubilee

  John Cougar Mellencamp · Album, 1987

  • Fiddle, accordion and tracking console · MicrophoneReportedLeonard says it was most likely on Cascella's accordion if the fiddle had the 47. (recalled with uncertainty)
• Tribute

  John Newman · Album, 2013

  • Piano and synth · MicrophoneVerifiedMicrophone in the middle of the opened-up Broadwood upright at State Of The Ark.Position: in the middle
• 7 Years

  Lukas Graham · Lukas Graham, 2015

  • Lead vocal · MicrophoneVerifiedUsed for Lukas's vocals at the Beachwood studio during the Los Angeles album sessions; the text does not tie it to this song, whose lead was the scratch vocal.
• V

  Maroon 5 · Album, 2014

  • Piano · MicrophoneVerifiedPair of microphones for the main piano sound.
• Those Were the Days

  Mary Hopkin · Post Card, 1968

  • Children’s choir (Trident Studios) · MicrophoneReportedEmerick says he might have used C-12 microphones on the children’s choir recorded at Trident.
• Unlimited Love

  Red Hot Chili Peppers · Album, 2022

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedNamed as the overhead microphones.
• Sheryl Crow

  Sheryl Crow · Album, 1996

  • Guitars · MicrophoneReportedOne of three microphones used on acoustic guitar parts across the album sessions.
• I Should Coco

  Supergrass · Album, 1995

  • Vocals · MicrophoneReportedWilliams says lead and backing vocals were usually re-recorded after the live takes on either this or a U87, so the choice between the two is not settled. (recalled with uncertainty)
• We Are the World

  USA for Africa · We Are the World, 1985

  • Choir and lead vocals · MicrophoneReportedSix vintage mics set in a horseshoe for the lead vocal lines, with about three soloists sharing each.Position: Six mics in a horseshoe, about three people per mic
  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedUsed for the overheads, a left and right pair plus a third on the ride cymbal.

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