Beyoncé – Partition
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2014 single Partition.
Music from Partition
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Gear Used On Partition
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Beyoncé – Partition (2014). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Microphones used by Beyoncé on Partition
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One of Beyoncé's primary microphones. She can be seen using a Telefunken Ela M 251 for the recording of "Partition" in this video at 0:57.
The Ela M 251 was also used to record Beyoncé's vocals on Coldplay's "Hymn for the Weekend", as mentioned by A Head Full of Dreams co-producer Rik Simpson in this Sound on Sound article.
Beyoncé’s vocals were done at Chris’ house on the East Coast. It happened very quickly and was very home–grown. We built a vocal booth for her in the bedroom of Chris’ kids. I just came in with a laptop and an Avalon mic pre, and she favours a Telefunken 251. It was great because she is an amazing singer. There was really no comping done. We put the bridge part in loop and she sang over that, and once she had to figured out what to do she layered her parts. I literally used all of it. I did not have to do much to it, it is how she sounds.
According to this September 24, 2016 AudioTechnology interview with producer Stuart White, the 251 was also used on Lemonade.
“For the rest I have a Telefunken Ela M251 microphone, an Avalon mic pre, and a TubeTech compressor, all of which I used to record the majority of Bey’s vocals."
In this September 2018 Sound on Sound interview, White stated that 251 was also used on EVERYTHING IS LOVE.
He recorded both Beyoncé and Jay-Z with his “Telefunken mic, Avalon mic pre, and Tube Tech compressor. That was the chain for the entire album on both of them. I use just the one chain, because they jump back and forth on the mic all day long, and they both sound really good on that mic, so I kept it simple.”
