Unidentified Microphone (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 5

• Aja

  Steely Dan · Album, 1978

  • Larry Carlton's guitar amp · MicrophoneVerifiedA single microphone on the guitar amp; the model is not given.Position: Baffled off from the drums
• Introducing... The Beatles

  The Beatles · Album, 1963

  • Console and dynamics at Abbey Road · MicrophoneVerifiedSmith says he sometimes placed microphones well back from the amplifiers to capture the room ambience he heard in the studio.Position: sometimes as far away as 20 feet from the amplifiers
• Time Has Come Today

  The Chambers Brothers · The Time Has Come, 1967

  • Vocals · MicrophoneReportedFour channels on the 8-track carried the vocals, and one of those vocal channels also picked up the cowbell.
  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedThree microphones on the drum kit were mixed down to one mono channel, placed on the left side of the stereo spread.Position: Three mics mixed to mono, placed on the left of the stereo spread
• You Really Got Me

  The Kinks · Kinks, 1964

  • Lead guitar · MicrophoneVerifiedTalmy used a couple of microphones on the small guitar amp, bringing them up on two faders.
  • Bass · MicrophoneReportedThe bass had its own microphone, not a shared one.
  • Drums · MicrophoneVerifiedMicrophone on the top of the snare.Position: about three inches from the top of the snare
  • Drums · MicrophoneVerifiedMicrophone under the snare.
  • Drums · MicrophoneVerifiedMicrophone inside the kick drum, cushioned for a soft thump.Position: inside the kick drum
• Get the Knack

  The Knack · Album, 1979

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedExtra heavily compressed microphone above the drummer, suggested by Pete Coleman, that contributed a lot to the drum sound.Position: About 10 feet above the drummer's head, directly above the snare drum

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