Unidentified Ribbon microphone (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 5

• Honky Château

  Elton John · Album, 1972

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedThe engineer thinks ribbon mics were probably used as drum overheads.
• Need You Tonight

  INXS · Kick, 1987

  • Drums · MicrophoneReportedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: A mono room microphone of some sort of ribbon type, used alongside the U89 room microphones. (recalled with uncertainty)
• Tribute

  John Newman · Album, 2013

  • Tubular bells, choir and brass · MicrophoneReportedOne ribbon mic per instrument on the four-piece brass section at State Of The Ark.
• Common People

  Pulp · Different Class, 1995

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedCrusty mono ribbon used as a room microphone, with the Neumann pair.Position: Room microphone.
• Anarchy in the U.K.

  Sex Pistols · Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, 1977

  • Drum kit · MicrophoneVerifiedPair of old BBC ribbons at floor level behind the kit, picking up ambience from the bass drum and the lower tom skins.Position: Floor level behind the drums

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

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