Neumann M50

Records it appears on · 3

• If I Could Turn Back Time

  Cher · Heart of Stone, 1989

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneReportedWolf recalls, with some uncertainty about the drum miking, that a couple of M 50s served as room microphones.
• 21st Century Breakdown

  Green Day · Album, 2009

  • Drums · MicrophoneVerifiedMain stereo room mics at Ocean Way.
  • Strings · MicrophoneReportedThree distant M50 room mics gave the string sound preferred over the close mics, recorded in Studio A.
• Stay with Me

  Sam Smith · In the Lonely Hour, 2014

  • Drums and percussion · MicrophoneVerifiedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: Pair of mics placed low down on the RAK kit.Position: low down, at bass drum height and at 45 degree angles

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

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