AKG C451

Records it appears on · 12

• Get Lucky

  Daft Punk · Random Access Memories, 2013

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedSnare bottom micPosition: Under the snare
  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedHi-hat micPosition: Hi-hat
• Brothers in Arms

  Dire Straits · Album, 1985

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedSnare microphone used with a 20dB pad, and also on the overheads and hi-hat.Settings: 20dB pad on the snare mic
• Seven and the Ragged Tiger

  Duran Duran · Album, 1984

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedPencil microphone on top of the snare during the French chateau sessions.Position: on top of the snare
• The Real Thing

  Faith No More · Album, 1989

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone under the snare; Wallace gives either a C 451 or a 452. (recalled with uncertainty)Position: Under the snare
• Chaos and the Calm

  James Bay · Album, 2014

  • Drums · MicrophoneVerifiedA pair acted as stereo overheads that worked mostly as cymbal mics.Position: much closer to the cymbals
• American Fool

  John Cougar · Album, 1982

  • Drums and drum machine · MicrophoneReportedGehman thinks 451s were used on the hi-hat and as overheads on the drum recordings.
• Escape

  Journey · Album, 1981

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedMicrophone on the hi-hat.
• Hopes and Fears

  Keane · Album, 2004

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedHi-hat microphone.
• Need You Now

  Lady Antebellum · Album, 2009

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedUsed on the bottom of the snare and, as a second 451, on the hi-hat on the Need You Now sessions.Position: snare bottom; hi-hat
• Nevermind

  Nirvana · Album, 1991

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedSecond snare micPosition: Under the snare, per Vig's hedged recollection
• Common People

  Pulp · Different Class, 1995

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedHi-hat microphone with the pad engaged.Settings: 20dB pad in.
• Up!

  Shania Twain · Album, 2003

  • Banjo · MicrophoneReportedPair of microphones in an X-Y arrangement used to record the banjo in stereo.Settings: X-Y stereo pairPosition: X-Y pair

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