How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

Shure Beta 58

Records it appears on · 2

  • Closer

    Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral, 1994

    • Lead vocal · MicrophoneVerifiedUsed for Reznor's lead vocal on this song.
  • Is This It

    The Strokes · Album, 2001

    • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedKick drum microphone.

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

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