AKG D112

Records it appears on · 12

• Get Lucky

  Daft Punk · Random Access Memories, 2013

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedMain kick mic: solid low end and punchy mid-rangePosition: Inside the kick drum, right next to the Sony C500
• I Will Survive

  Gloria Gaynor · Love Tracks, 1978

  • Kick and hi-hat · MicrophoneInferredThe alternative kick drum microphone to the Sennheiser 421 in Rouben’s account of his usual practice then. (recalled with uncertainty)
• Dookie

  Green Day · Album, 1994

  • Drums · MicrophoneVerifiedMain kick drum microphone, typically used on the album sessions.Position: Kick drum
• Little Queen

  Heart · Album, 1977

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedKick drum microphone used on the drummer's kit.
• Continuum

  John Mayer · Album, 2006

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedOne of several candidate kick drum microphones listed (alongside an RE20, a 421 or an M88).
• Hopes and Fears

  Keane · Album, 2004

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedGreen believes this was the bass drum microphone.
• It Won't Be Soon Before Long

  Maroon 5 · Album, 2007

  • Bass · MicrophoneVerifiedStent says a D-112 was used on the bass, together with a FET 47, alongside a DI.
• The Long Road

  Nickelback · Album, 2003

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedInside kick drum microphone.
• Paramore

  Paramore · Album, 2014

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedUsed for some of the kick drum tracks.
• Sledgehammer

  Peter Gabriel · So, 1986

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedThe second kick drum microphone, alongside the RE20.
• Unlimited Love

  Red Hot Chili Peppers · Album, 2022

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedNamed as the microphone on the inside of the kick drum.Position: inside kick
• Supernatural

  Santana featuring Rob Thomas · Album, 1999

  • Drums · MicrophoneInferredOutside kick drum microphone in the usual drum setup Thoener says he used for the session.Position: outside the kick, with a tunnel of stands and blankets

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