Madlib

Used for vocals on Champion Sound and Madvillainy, according to the following sources:

Remix September 1, 2003 (linked)

“I think Madlib pretty much just invents his own rules,” Peanut Butter Wolf muses. Studio engineer Dave Cooley claims that holds true even when a different setup is needed. For “React,” Jay Dee's beat and 'lib's turntable cuts were flown into Digidesign Pro Tools from separate stereo and 4-track masters. Madlib then tracked his vocals on an Audio-Technica 4033A and a Shure SM7, from there going into a Neve 1099 preamp, a GML 8200 EQ, a Universal Audio 1176LN limiting amplifier and finally a dbx 902 De-Esser. “We usually de-ess maybe 4 dB off of the vocals and then compress with a ratio of 8 to 1, which is pretty high,” Cooley explains. “But Madlib likes his shit loud, and it's mixed loud to begin with. He has a really cool ‘angular’ mixing style: Something is always sticking out.”

Dave Cooley, yeloocproducer on Gearslutz, November 12, 2006 (discussing MF Doom's Madvillainy vocal chain)

AT 4033 I believe. We did some stuff on SM7 on the unreleased (internet circulated) madvillain, but Doom decided to go for a more laid back, lo-energy feel (in his delivery) for the final Madvillain.

Agno on Gearslutz, January 7, 2007

He's right... it's an AT4033.

Dave Cooley, yelooproducer on Gearslutz, August 3, 2008

Madlib... SM57, SM7, or AT4033 if I remember correctly.... pre's would be mackie or VS880 straight in for the most part.

Doom... AT4033, don't know what kind of pre.

This is just what I remember....not positive though.

Used for vocals on Champion Sound and Madvillainy, according to the following sources:

Remix September 1, 2003 (linked)

“I think Madlib pretty much just invents his own rules,” Peanut Butter Wolf muses. Studio engineer Dave Cooley claims that holds true even when a different setup is needed. For “React,” Jay Dee's beat and 'lib's turntable cuts were flown into Digidesign Pro Tools from separate stereo and 4-track masters. Madlib then tracked his vocals on an Audio-Technica 4033A and a Shure SM7, from there going into a Neve 1099 preamp, a GML 8200 EQ, a Universal Audio 1176LN limiting amplifier and finally a dbx 902 De-Esser. “We usually de-ess maybe 4 dB off of the vocals and then compress with a ratio of 8 to 1, which is pretty high,” Cooley explains. “But Madlib likes his shit loud, and it's mixed loud to begin with. He has a really cool ‘angular’ mixing style: Something is always sticking out.”

Dave Cooley, yeloocproducer on Gearslutz, November 12, 2006 (discussing MF Doom's Madvillainy vocal chain)

AT 4033 I believe. We did some stuff on SM7 on the unreleased (internet circulated) madvillain, but Doom decided to go for a more laid back, lo-energy feel (in his delivery) for the final Madvillain.

Dave Cooley, yelooproducer on Gearslutz, August 3, 2008

Madlib... SM57, SM7, or AT4033 if I remember correctly.... pre's would be mackie or VS880 straight in for the most part.

Doom... AT4033, don't know what kind of pre.

This is just what I remember....not positive though.