Neumann

40 mentions in 22 episodes.

Bleachers

16:19 · U 47 · named · high confidence

“I don't want to be in no booth with the 47 right now. I want to be on a 58.”

The classic large-diaphragm vocal mic he deliberately rejected in favour of a handheld dynamic.

Bob Vylan

22:30 · U 67 · named · medium confidence

“It's like a U67 kind of type of mic, isn't it?”

The Beesneez Arabella's character was described by reference to a Neumann U 67.

CMAT

1:48:00 · M 49 · named · high confidence

“There's a Neumann M49 at the studio that we used for almost all of Kira's vocals on the record.”

A Neumann M 49 captured nearly all lead and stacked backing vocals because it handles her full dynamic and tonal range.

1:51:47 · M 49 · implied · medium confidence

“The Neumann probably has to be saved because it's worth so much money.”

Asked what she'd rescue from a studio fire, Kira picks the Neumann vocal mic.

Clean Bandit

17:38 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“I know for a fact it would have been like a U87 going into a Neve, then going into an 1176. That's his classic chain.”

Zara Larsson's Symphony vocal was cut on a U87 as part of producer Mark Ralph's classic vocal chain.

Declan Mckenna

1:21:03 · Neumann condenser microphone · named · medium confidence

“the ones that we did at Simon's were done on like a condenser mic... I don't know if it was a Neumann like this that we're talking on right now.”

Vocals recorded at Simon Oscroft's studio used a more open-sounding Neumann-style condenser.

Fall Out Boy

1:18:55 · U 47 · named · high confidence

“I have a 47 that I run through an 1176 and like some kind of Neve pre and I think an LA-2A. That was pretty much the whole chain.”

Patrick's standard lead and backing vocal chain across the album is a Neumann U 47 — also the mic he's speaking on during the interview.

1:21:30 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“My voice on the first couple records, I had sung through a 67. It added this really cool kind of attack, but my consonants would get eaten up.”

Patrick compares the U 67 used on early Fall Out Boy albums with the U 47 he now prefers for diction and tone.

Hayley Williams

46:50 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“We used a U67 for the last record we did, and this one we used that.”

The Neumann U 67 was the main vocal mic for Hayley Williams's demo and keeper vocals.

1:57:21 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“The 67 is just like a workhorse for me. That's the acoustic, all the vocals, anything really.”

The Neumann U 67 is called his workhorse mic for vocals and acoustic guitar.

IDLES

1:08:10 · U 47 · named · high confidence

“go back to Nigel and play him something with a cheap distortion plugin on these like U47 recorded guitars through vintage amps”

Kenny was nervous about mangling Nigel's U 47-recorded guitar tracks with plugins for Joe's vocal sessions.

1:29:18 · U 47 · named · high confidence

“we used one of Nigel's 47s, which was new for us... we recorded the whole album on it”

Joe Talbot's vocals for almost all of Tank were tracked on Nigel Godrich's vintage Neumann U 47, revealing new detail in his voice.

1:32:47 · Neumann microphones · named · high confidence

“API preamps, Neumann microphones, but the 1176 is probably the one kind of go-to thing”

Miko lists Neumann microphones as part of his old-fashioned core setup for the Tank sessions.

Jacob Collier

1:06:08 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“one thing I can't do without is my Neumann U87 mic, which has been modified by a man named Klaus Heyne”

Jacob's number-one travel item is a Klaus Heyne-modified Neumann U 87 used as his main vocal mic.

1:06:23 · U 47 · named · high confidence

“he actually put in my 87 a 47 capsule. So a 47 capsule is very warm and sort of dark and muted”

The modification fits a U 47-style capsule into his U 87, blending the bright and dark characters of both mics.

Jeff Goldblum

28:49 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“I had a U67 and a U87 set up, and it took her like 10 seconds to pick the mic.”

Scott Gilman offered Cynthia Erivo a choice of Neumann U 67 and U 87 for her 'We'll Meet Again' vocal; she chose almost instantly and nailed it in two or three takes.

28:49 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“I had a U67 and a U87 set up, and it took her like 10 seconds to pick the mic.”

The Neumann U 87 was the alternative vocal mic set up alongside the U 67 for Cynthia Erivo's session.

Joy Anon

30:21 · U 87 · named · medium confidence

“I can't remember the exact Neumann, but it was this omni, I think U87”

In Stornoway they recorded a whole room of live instruments into one omni Neumann (thought to be a U87-style mic), showing they also value high-end mics alongside phones.

1:05:43 · U 87 · named · medium confidence

“we had a set of Coles, uh, up there, U87”

A Neumann U87 was part of the mic set-up for the trumpet and sax sessions on 'This One'.

Laufey

46:00 · TLM 103 · named · high confidence

“So the first two albums, TLM 103 was the microphone. It's pretty common mic.”

Spencer Stuart reveals the Neumann TLM 103 was the lead vocal mic for Laufey's first two albums.

46:19 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“So now we have a U67, going through like some preamps and a compressor, and so that's what you're hearing on this third album”

The vocal chain was upgraded to a Neumann U 67 for A Matter of Time after their mix engineer pushed for a better chain.

Lizzy McAlpine

39:09 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“how often do you really get to hear that versus like, okay, let's put her with a U67 in a perfect room and get the best vocal pass”

Mason contrasts the raw iPhone voice memo vocal with the conventional approach of a U 67 in a great room.

57:21 · U 67 · named · medium confidence

“we put them all around either a 67 or an 87. I gotta go back and look.”

Tiny Habits' three-part background vocals were cut live around a single large-diaphragm Neumann in mono.

57:21 · U 87 · named · medium confidence

“we put them all around either a 67 or an 87”

Alternative single mic used for the Tiny Habits group vocal, with singers staggered by distance to balance levels.

Lorde

47:57 · U 47 · named · high confidence

“this whole song is just a U47, 1073 preamp, and CL 1B compressor. And that was pretty standard”

The Neumann U47 was the main album vocal microphone for final takes.

1:05:57 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“one of the earlier versions where we tried it on a U67... and this had an AMS chorus on it”

An earlier U67 vocal take in a different key was re-pitched and layered into the final Grown Woman hook.

Maribou State

1:13:22 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“It would have been captured on a U87... we'd often double mic with a Coles and a U87”

The U 87 is their standard lead-vocal mic, blended with a ribbon for body or top.

1:32:22 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“we put a pair of U87s and a pair of Coles, we staggered it from the floor, and then the floor above”

Eight mics, including two U 87s, captured the friends' choir and the stairwell of the Sapperton manor house.

1:54:59 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“That's just a few different vocal parts. U87, eleven seventy six. Lovely. Simple.”

The closing vocal harmonies of Rolling Stone were tracked simply with a U 87 into an 1176.

Myles Smith

12:27 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“We have a desk kind of like this and we have a Neumann U87 that we cut everything with Myles on”

The U87 is the default vocal mic for Myles Smith's lead vocals in their mobile Airbnb setups.

1:13:06 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“we usually cut everything on Myles with the U87 Neumann that we love. This was on SM7B”

The U87 is their usual lead vocal mic, contrasted with the SM7B used on Dying Day.

Pomplamoose

35:28 · TLM 49 · named · high confidence

“I've been using the same mic forever. It's the Neumann TLM 49”

Natalie records all of her lead and stacked vocals alone at home with a Neumann TLM 49.

1:22:42 · TLM 49 · named · high confidence

“the Neumann TLM 49 mic has been my vocal sound for a very long time, but it's also really great for acoustic guitar”

Natalie names the TLM 49 as her desert-island mic, owning about five and keeping one in every studio.

Rex

17:42 · KM 86 · named · medium confidence

“I believe that we had recorded that with a — I think it was just a single KM86, maybe stereo pair”

Teo recalls the four committed acoustic guitar takes for Guitar Song being recorded with a Neumann KM 86 at Studio 13.

34:07 · TLM 103 · named · high confidence

“For the saxophone and the sax solo, we did TLM 103”

Neumann TLM 103 was the mic on Michael Underwood's saxophone on Guitar Song.

Sam Gellaitry

24:44 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“I actually have a Neumann U87, but if I have the Neumann in with the 1073, you just hear the whole room”

Sam owns a U 87 but avoids it in his untreated bedroom studio, preferring the SM58.

St. Vincent

32:29 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“a lot of these were classic, like vintage 87, Neumann 87, through the 1176”

Her main vocal chain for the album was a vintage Neumann U 87 into an 1176.

32:53 · U 67 · named · high confidence

“I borrowed a friend of mine's 67s. I sang some of this record into the vintage 67”

A borrowed vintage Neumann U 67 was used for some lead vocals on All Born Screaming.

Tomora

1:03:54 · U 87 · named · high confidence

“Use the U87, like an old mid-'80s U87 one on the songs... it's a nice U87. We use them most of the time”

A mid-1980s Neumann U 87 is the main vocal mic for the album.

d4vd

29:04 · Neumann microphone · named · medium confidence

“If I'm doing a more R&B, maybe I'll use a Neumann on the phone, but it's all through BandLab.”

For R&B-leaning vocals he will plug a Neumann condenser into the phone, still recording into BandLab.