Abbey Road 60s Drums – User’s Manual – 11
2.5 Microphones
Abbey Road has arguably the largest working microphone collection in the world. A variety
of classic vintage microphones from the extensive collection were used to capture the two
drum kits. Find a list of which microphones were used for recording the individual drums in
chapters
2.5.1
and
2.5.2
.
2.5.1 Recording the Gretsch
Microphones used for recording the Gretsch kit:
•
Mono Overhead
: STC 4038 – A classic microphone that has been in the Abbey Road
Studios collection since the mid 1950s. This is a figure of eight ribbon microphone and
is still in use on an almost daily basis at Abbey Road.
•
Kick Out
: STC 4033 – This ribbon model has been in the Abbey Road Studios collection
since the 1950s. It was a firm favorite in the early 1960s for low end applications such
as kick drum. The microphone has both omni and figure of eight capsules designed to
be used simultaneously to create a cardioid response (due to phase cancellation).
•
Stereo Overhead
: STC 4038
•
Hi-hat
: Neumann KM 56 – This microphone was introduced to the world in 1956 and is
still a popular choice at Abbey Road. A selection of three polar patterns makes it an ex-
tremely versatile valve condenser microphone.
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