Jacob Collier – Close To You album cover

Jacob Collier – Close To You

Single 2014

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2014 single Close To You.

Music from Close To You

Gear Used On Close To You

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Jacob Collier – Close To You (2014). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Microphones used by Jacob Collier on Close To You

Condenser Microphones

AKG C414 XL II

Avg price: $1,093.67

In the description of Collier's cover of Close to You by The Carpenters, he says that two of these microphones were used to record the song. During the recording for In My Room, these were used as the main instrument microphones. They could be seen as drum overheads, guitar, and percussion microphones in various YouTube videos before 2017. Since 2017, when Ben Bloomberg outfitted his room with a bunch of recording equipment, these have wandered around the room a ton. They could be seen above the piano, as a vocal mic by the piano, but most recently (as of 2020), his pair (or possibly two pairs) of 414s are used on snare.

Dynamic Microphones

AKG D112 MkII

Avg price: $211.39

In the description of Collier's cover of Close to You by The Carpenters, he says that one of these microphones was used to record the song.

Dynamic Microphones

Shure SM58

Avg price: $102.10

In the description of Collier's cover of Close to You by The Carpenters, he says that this "trusty" microphone was used to record the song.

Cymbals used by Jacob Collier on Close To You

Ride Cymbals

Murat Diril Renaissance Light Ride 20"

Jacob Collier is a Murat Diril Cymbals endorser. He used cheap Stagg cymbals in his earlier videos like "Road Not Taken (2012, https://youtu.be/0BE52oSiYKo)," but he changed to the professional grade Murat Diril Cymbals later in his videos like "Close To You (2014, https://youtu.be/9s1baxrxGHU)."