Abbey Road 60s Drums – User’s Manual – 12
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Kick In
: AKG D 20 – A dynamic cardioid microphone that has been in use at Abbey Road
since the early 1960s. This was a very popular bass drum microphone.
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Snare Top
: AKG D 19 – this dynamic cardioid microphone was first brought into the Abbey
Road Studios collection in 1963.The microphones are still in use today. At the time they
were very cheap and considered a bit of a work horse, being used on many applications
from drums to piano and almost everything between.
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Snare Bottom
: Neumann KM 56
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Toms:
AKG D 19
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Stereo Room
: Neumann U 47 – The legendary Abbey Road U 47 has been in use at the
studios since 1951. The U 47 is probably the most sought after and recognisable micro-
phone in the world. This valve condenser microphone has both omni and cardioid polar
patterns.
2.5.2 Recording the Ludwig
Microphones used for recording the Ludwig kit:
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Mono Overhead
: AKG D 19
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Kick Out
: Sony C-38A – popular at Abbey Road for low frequency application in the late
1960s. It’s a condenser microphone both capable of cardioid and omni polar patterns.
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Stereo Overhead
: Neumann KM 56
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Hi-hat
: Neumann KM 56
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Kick In
: AKG D 20
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Snare Top
: AKG D 19
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Snare Bottom
: Neumann KM 56
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Toms
: AKG D 19
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Stereo Room
: Neumann U 47
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