How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

Beyerdynamic M 160

Records it appears on · 1

  • Like a Virgin

    Madonna · Album, 1984

    • Drum kit (Tony Thompson) · MicrophoneVerifiedDual ribbon microphone further out in the room on the drums.Position: About 10 feet farther back in the room than the close bass drum mics

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

Get the sound

No plugin suggested. Microphone-modelling plugins only work with their own matched hardware microphone, so there is no plugin to link. Placement and the room matter more than the model.

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