Bruce Swedien

In an article from Sound on Sound titled "Bruce Swedien: Recording Michael Jackson," it is revealed that Bruce Swedien consistently used the Shure SM7, an original 1980s model, for Michael Jackson's vocals. Swedien owned several of these microphones, but one, in particular, was his favorite and was used for capturing Jackson's lead vocals on iconic tracks such as "Billie Jean," "Thriller," "Beat It," "Bad," and "The Way You Make Me Feel."

Brüel & Kjær Microphones were credited on the insert booklets on EVERY Michael Jackson Album since Bad which were all Bruce Swedien's work

It is well known that since the 1980's Bruce Swedien does all his Final Stems Mixes & compile on his Own Favorite Harrision 32C Desk - In his private home studio West Viking he uses this desk for everything

Since 1988 & Michael Jackson's Bad Album - Bruce Swedien used these on EVERY Recording he made

Made with Genuine Vintage Original Capsule, Tube & Transformer of the Vintage Neumann Telefunken U47 Wired and Hand-Tuned the Old Fashion way with a Touch of Martin Kantola's Secret MAGIC

Designed & Handcrafted in a Natural Wooden Body by: Martin Kantola - Technician & Designer to Bruce Swedien (Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson)

This was Bruce Swedien's Favorite Vocal Mic for Classic Vocals done in a Modern Setting out of ALL of his 100+ Microphones

In an article from Soundonsound titled "Bruce Swedien: Recording Michael Jackson," it's noted that Bruce Swedien employs the Neumann M149 Tube Microphone in an XY stereo configuration for recording piano.

Bruce Swedien used R-122 Pair on Overhead on Jennifer Lopez Albums esp the song 'Still' pictured here played by Omar Hakim (his Kit)

Bruce Swedien utilized a pair of Royer R-121 ribbon microphones on the splash ride and hi-hat in Jennifer Lopez's albums, notably for the song "Still," as shown in the user-uploaded photo featuring Omar Hakim's drum kit.

Bruce Swedien used Neumann U87Ai (several) on All Toms on Jennifer Lopez Albums esp the song 'Still' pictured here played by Omar Hakim (his Kit)

The KICK drum in Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' - Recorded & Mixed by Bruce Swedien

Bruce Swedien's favorite vocal mic - the Original 1950's U47 Chrome Top M7 Capsule Version - Used on Nat King Cole etc & Michael Jackson's 'Man In The Mirror' 'She's Out Of My Life' 'Speechless'

The Snare Drum mic used in Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' & Jennifer Lopez 'Still' by Bruce Swedien

It was pretty much Bruce Swedien's all time Favorite SNARE Mic the Shure SM57 Vintage (late 1970's Model) he has taped up with 'SNARE' label

So Bruce would use it on many drummers he records - YES Shure SM57 on SNARE Mic on Leon Ndugu Chancler – drummer on "Billie Jean" MJ's Song & YES Shure SM57 on SNARE Mic "This Is Me... Then" Album "Still" Jennifer Lopez J-Lo Omar Hakim Drummer

Bruce Swedien uses the Nordic Audio Labs SWE#1 condenser microphone, as detailed on the Nu47 website.

https://youtu.be/GEXA9sOY9QU?t=1335 https://youtu.be/GEXA9sOY9QU?t=1555 Note that this is actually the Audio-Technica AT4051a but Equipboard will not let me add the Audio-Technica AT4051a. You can see from the taper at the xlr port of the mic and from the slits that it is a vintage Audio-Technica AT4051a. He likes using two Audio-Technica AT4051a to record acoustical guitar in stereo. In the video he uses it to explain proper microphone placement when recording vocals.

https://youtu.be/GEXA9sOY9QU?t=676 Bruce Swedien can be seen showing his two Neumann U47 FET.

https://youtu.be/GEXA9sOY9QU?t=740 Bruce Swedien can be seen showing his two consecutive serial number AKG C414 EB. He frquently uses it in bidirectional as an XY pair. He says that it is a wonderful microphone for piano recording using it as an XY pair.