Telefunken U47 Microphone

The Telefunken U47 Vocal Microphone was used by John Mayer while playing an acoustic session. In the video "Something like Olivia" the microphone is shown clearly.

Derek Ali’s engineering skills were tested by the amount of live recording that took place in the making of To Pimp A Butterfly. “I mostly use our Stephen Paul-modified Telefunken U47 to record Kendrick, going through a Neve 1073 mic pre and then a Tube-Tech CL1B compressor, which gives a great, fat, warm vocal sound, especially in conjunction with the U47. Sometimes I’ll run his vocals through a Pultec EQP-1A3. On ‘Alright’ I used a U67 instead of a U47 on his voice and on ‘For Free?’ two Electro-Voice mics, the RE20 and the 666. We stacked the two EV mics on top of each other, and this gave a warm, almost distorted sound.

“For acoustic guitar parts, I mostly used the N22. ‘Ordinary World’ was done before I had that mic, though, so I think I used a [Neumann or Telefunken] U47 on that one."

R3hab records voice-overs for his radio show using the Telefunken U47 Microphone.

"At the same time, Crow's acoustic guitar parts were recorded either with a U47, an AKG C12 or a Sennheiser 421, while electric guitars largely made use of a Fender Tweed amp." -via [Sound on Sound](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr03/articles/sherylcrow.asp)

A plethora of Microphones in what appears to be Owl City's Vocal booth. Amongst them is a Telefunken U47. For all we know, it could be uncle Jimmy's mic that he brought over for the mic shootout though... "Shootouts are good."

At 1:37 you can see a Taylor tracking vocals using a Telefunken U47 for the song 'Call it What You Want'.

In the video, Paul is seen recording using the U47 in the minute 0:19.

"'Some songs were to a new Telefunken USA U47, a lot of songs were to the Blue Bottle, and some were to an old Neumann U 47,' Chiccarelli says. 'The preamp was always either a Neve 1073 or a Neve 1081; the limiter was a Tube-Tech CL1B, and then there was also a Tube-Tech EQ as well.'"

In this video, John can be seen using the U47 in the recording studio at minute 0:14.

Ariana Grande using a Telefunken U47 Condenser Microphone in the recording booth for "Almost is never enough"

Producer Brandon Lowry states in [this](http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr12/articles/it-0412.htm) Sound On Sound article: "She has a great voice in general, but it is at its most unique in the alto range, so we wanted her voice to be in that range, and the Telefunken U47 AE worked great for that."

In the 'Are you gonna go my way' video, Lenny can be seen U47 microphone during the whole video. It's most clear at 1:54.

"I recorded Patrick's vocals with a U47 tube in most cases, a U67 in other places, and compressed with a Neve 33264, a Distressor or an 1176," says Neal Avron in [this interview](https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan08/articles/itavron.htm).

In this article by Sound on Sound it says MGMT used this mic when recording their album Congratulations - "The whole signal chain was nice — an old Neumann U47 microphone going into nice preamps — so everything we did there, we could take with us somewhere else,”

According to the official Telefunken-Elecktroakustik site: "Top indie band The National has completed their sixth studio album, "Trouble Will find Me." Lead singer and founder Matt Berninger picked a new U-47 large diaphragm tube microphone from TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik for his self-described "immediate and visceral" vocals."

"When we recorded her earlier CDs, I was using an old Telefunken U 47 that needed a lot of EQ tweaking to get the sound I wanted." - Pierre Marchand, Sarah McLachlan's producer, quoted on the True Systems website.

> I've always favoured the Neumann U47. I don't own one, but whenever there's one available I always try and use it for vocals. AKG Dynamics on toms-toms. I normally favour a condenser mic for snare drums like a Neumann 84, which is unusual because most engineers prefer dynamics on snare drums.

"The wondrous U47 mic, a library, and a great songwriter. Producing a record for NYC artist Jacob Benson!"

"I like the Sennheiser 409 on amps. For a different sound I like a ribbon mic. Acoustic guitar recordings are tough. If you can have a nice big mic further back from the instrument that's usually the best. Further back means no booming. Lately I've enjoyed a U47 or C37A with a 1066 preamp."

In this video, at minute 0:28, Frank can be seen using the U47 in a recording session.

In the interview, Janus say "I record a lot of vocals, so the lovely U47 clone made by my friend is always in use."

Between 0:25-0:26, you can see the back of a Telefunken U47 microphone. You can visibly see the serial number plate. It could also be a vintage Neumann U47, on which the Telefunken is based on.