Mac DeMarco's Microphones

"the condenser I use for pretty much everything is a roland dr80c. really cheap intro mic. I put it above the kick and snare pointing at the beater of the kick and play lightly."

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In the video by The Daily Indie, Mac DeMarco is seen using the Electro-Voice EV-664 microphone during performances of "Annie," "The Stars Keep On Calling My Name," and "Robson Girl."

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After mac plays all the keyboards, he says "Yea" into a Shure SM7B.

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At 9:01 in the video interview, Mac discusses his Shure SM57 microphones, stating, "I love '57s."

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here in this photo as well as many other videos and performances, mac can be seen singing into a Shure SM58 mic.

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"I asked my sound guy, "Can we get a nice mic?" And he said, "Okay, we'll buy a [Neumann] U87. It's good for a lot of shit.""

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The mic is demonstrated at 1:19 where he says 'Electrovoice RE-20' on the advanced studio recording techniques video 'Microphones Comparison'.

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In an image from Timeout, Mac DeMarco is pictured by his drum kit, where a Shure Beta 52A microphone is visibly used to mic the kick drum.

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The mic is demonstrated at 1:58 where he says 'Lomo 19A9' on the advanced studio recording techniques video 'Microphones Comparison'.

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"For This Old Dog, I got interested in nicer gear. Now I have legitimately nice shit, for better or for worse. I have a bunch of really nice preamps and little sidecars. I have a set of Coles [4038 mics]"

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in this article, Mac states his sound tech purchased several mics for the recording of This Old Dog, including a Royer R-121.

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At 9:35 in the video interview, Mac explains that he recently purchased a few expensive microphones, including a "tube U67".

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At 0.56 into the video you can see mac talking into an electrovoice 265a

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At 9:35 in the video interview, Mac explains that he recently purchased a few expensive microphones, including a "tube U47".

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At 5:25 Mac is showing his echo-chamber, and says that he uses a pair of Neumann KM-184 for recording in it.

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At 4:30 he shows the mic and says it's a 44B but the 44Bs were black so I suppose it's a 44BX because they were finished in umber grey. They are more or less the same mics anyway.

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In a Reddit post, a fan recounts meeting Mac DeMarco and shares that the artist used the Shure Motiv MV88 iOS Digital Stereo Condenser Microphone to capture field recordings during a trip to Japan. These recordings are featured in the track "Baby Bye Bye" from the album "Here Comes the Cowboy."

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At 9:09, Mac explains that he uses Shure Beta 57A microphones on drums and vocals. He also uses one in his studio.

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Mac DeMarco discussed using the Sennheiser MD 441-U as his snare microphone during a conversation on the MC server, as shown in the Imgur source.

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He’s got a fet 47 type mic on his kick in the interview.

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at 16:12 as well as other parts throughout the video, Mac can be seen singing into a Shure Beta 58A.

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We can see Telefunken V76 at 0:08 in this video.

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In an Instagram story promoting the 10th anniversary edition of "Another One," Mac DeMarco can be seen using the Sonosax SX-M2D2, as seen by a screenshot where the SX-M2D2 is visible just above his mixer to the right.

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