Neumann KM 56

Records it appears on · 4

• Plastic Letters

  Blondie · Album, 1978

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedEngineer believes this pencil microphone was used on the hi-hat.
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

  Elton John · Album, 1973

  • Drums (Nigel Olsson) · MicrophoneReportedHentschel believes a small Neumann KM 56 pencil condenser was on the snare.
• Honky Château

  Elton John · Album, 1972

  • Piano and Rhodes · MicrophoneVerifiedCovered the high end of the piano, through the second hole in the isolation box.Position: Through one of two holes in a box built over the piano
  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedThe engineer thinks the snare mic was probably either a KM 56 or a KM 54.
• Beauty and the Beat

  The Go-Go's · Album, 1981

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedFreeman thinks the overheads were a couple of pencil mics, most likely KM56s.

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

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