Name: Neumann U87
Brand: Neumann
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

23 Artists Use This
David Gilmour

In *Pulse*, Gilmour's WEM and Marshall speaker cabinets are miked with Shure SM57 and Neumann U87 microphones. The latter was also used for Gilmour's guitar on *The Division Bell*, as mentioned by sound engineer Andy Jackson in [this July 2006 *Sound on Sound* article](https://www.soundonsound.com/people/recording-david-gilmours-island). > "On *Division Bell*, we used a U87 eight inches to a foot away, a bit off-axis, and the floor of the room on Astoria is carpeted. It's actually very small — around 14 feet square — and sounds fairly dead, so when we record vocals, I just make sure the mic isn't right in the middle of the room as that gives a little 'boing'."
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Kevin Parker

Kevin appears to be using a Neumann U87 for vocals in this studio pic from his instragram page.
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Mac Miller

At 0:27 you can see Mac Miller in his vocal booth using a u87
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Tristam

As seen in a recording from a livestream, Tristam is using a Neumann U87 Condenser microphone with its shockmount.
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Tobu

It's shown on this Instagram's photo
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Chance The Rapper

At 0:34 you can see the u87 Chance is recording with.
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Christopher Walla

Listed in Chris Walla's Hall of Justice Recording Studio equipment list.
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Sam Smith

At 0:36 you can see sam is recording into a Neumann U87 while recording 'Leave your lover'
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Hopsin

The microphone can be seen behind Hopsin on the right side of the screen, through the whole video starting at 1:24
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Al Pitrelli

"I generally plugged straight into a Marshall TSL head miked with a pair of Shure SM57s and a Neumann U87 and combined the signals."
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Glenn Fricker

At 11:48, Glenn Fricker shows his vintage Neumann U87 condenser microphone.
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Joey Ramone

"He listened to what we had, walked around doing his vocal exercises and getting loosened up, and I put up a U87 going to a Neve mic pre, with a Urei 1176 compressor. We worked with Joey until about six or seven in the morning, using about six tracks for his vocals, and then comp'ed a good vocal which we gave him on cassette."
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TYDOLLA$IGN

This microphone can be seen in the far upper left corner at 0:39 next to a U47
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Amanda Palmer

"I just got a [Digidesign] Mbox and a couple of Neumann U87 mics to record at home, so maybe I’ve gotten over my anti-technology phase a bit."
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Simon Le Bon

According to sound engineer Ian Little, Simon's vocals for the "Seven and the ragged tiger" album have been tracked through a Neumann U87.
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Austin Mahone

https://www.instagram.com/p/BK6leIPAAkT/?taken-by=austinmahone
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Dido

This mic can be seen at 0:44 into this video. Also 3 more videos @ DidoVEVO
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John Cunningham (Producer)

> SM7 (used for Sad) a lot on U87, also Manley Reference Cardioid,
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Reggie Sears

"There is a handful of microphones that I will ever use in a recording studio. The U87 is one of my go-to mic's for vocals. The U87, the U47 and the Sterling ST77 are my favorite microphones and more often than not, for my own vocals, either a U87 or the ST77 will be used."
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Selena

During the production of Selenas Dreaming of You album, her recoding engineers matched her with a U-87 microphone. The song titled Dreaming of You was the last song recorded for the album and that location was at her family owned recording studio.
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Jerry Galeries

As seen on the "Living Room" sessions.
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shallou

"I use a MIDI controller for getting quick piano chords and melody ideas down. For hardware I use mostly: U87 vocal mic, API 3124V, Focusrite Red 1, and Apollo."
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Missy Higgins

At 0:02 of the clip, you can see Missy using a Neumann U87 microphone (2014).
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