How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

Shure 546

Records it appears on · 3

  • Ohio

    Crosby, Stills & Nash · Ohio, 1970

    • Vocals · MicrophoneReportedEngineer Bill Halverson set up several of these as the vocal microphones for the live session, according to the writer.
  • Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    Crosby, Stills & Nash · Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969

    • Bass (Stills) · MicrophoneReportedHalverson recalls the bass being taken either direct or with this microphone, so one of the two was used.
  • California Dreamin'

    The Mamas & the Papas · If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, 1965

    • Drums · MicrophoneInferredHowe's usual choice of microphone on the kick drum and hi-hat in that period.
    • Guitars · MicrophoneInferredHowe's usual choice of microphone on guitars in that period.

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

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