Used for vocals on Icky Thump, as stated by recording and mixing engineer Joe Chiccarelli in this October 1, 2007 Mix Online interview.

Most of the vocals were recorded on a RCA 77DX ribbon microphone, but a U47 and an old Altec 633 salt shaker mic were also pressed into service. Processing, depending on the track, included a Telefunken V76 tube preamp, an 1176, an LA-3A, a Fairchild and a Chandler Limited EMI TG2 compressor. “Sometimes the vocal went through a guitar amp, sometimes through a Neve module with a preamp turned all the way up,” he says. “He's great about working the distortion, knowing how to sing to a certain microphone. He knows how to back way off and come way in when he needs to. The vocal is different on every single song."

The mic is Chicarelli's, being used on Chris Botti's A Thousand Kisses Deep and for this Tape Op review of Groove Tubes' VIPRE. In all three sources, Chicarelli does not specifcy whether the 633 is the A version or the C version. However, given the fame of the A version over the C version, one can suppose that Chiccarelli is referring to the A version.

Having no real constraints on their studio time, Brett Shaw and Yannis Philippakis chose to set up a circle of mics in the live room at 123 to try out different vocal sounds. "Yannis sort of insisted on finishing all of the music before we got into the vocals," says Shaw. "I set up usually six microphones in a circle and he could just sort of skip between any of them at any point. You can just record a bit and see what it sounds like."

The circle of microphones generally comprised a Shure SM7, Neumann U67, Flea 47, an Altec 633A 'salt shaker', an AEA R44CX ribbon and a Yamaha NS10 speaker cone used as a mic. "The 'salt shaker' is a real lo-fi, gravelly thing," says Shaw. "That worked on some of the songs where Yannis really pushes his voice hard and heavy and dirty.

In a photo shared by Benmont Tench on Instagram, Elvis Presley is seen using the Altec 633A Salt Shaker Microphone during a televised performance.

In the EMusician article "STRAIGHT SHOOTER," James Murphy is mentioned using the Altec 633A Salt Shaker Microphone, highlighting its role in his studio recording setup.

Used for his drum sample pack, look at 2:28