Pharrell Williams

"The streamlined approach to vocals helps; Coleman will tell you that a good large-diaphragm condenser microphone like the C12 through the Avalon 737 is a pleasantly neutral signal path." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman

"The streamlined approach to vocals helps; Coleman will tell you that a good large-diaphragm condenser microphone like the C12 through the Avalon 737 is a pleasantly neutral signal path." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman

"You get an idea of what the sound of their voice is really like and make adjustments accordingly. A few weeks ago we had Robin Thicke in here and he loved the Telefunken 251. It's very rich-sounding and I had never used it before." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer, Andrew Coleman

On beats1 radio during the other tone show, he uses TLM-103.

Used for Lil Uzi Vert's "The Way Life Goes", as stated by mix engineer Kesha Lee in this December 2017 Sound on Sound article.

The standard for Atlanta seems to be to use Yamaha NS10s or Augspurger monitors,” Lee explains, “and the recording signal chain consists of an Avalon VT-737sp mic pre and a Tube-Tech CL 1B compressor." (...) An almost obligatory addition to any rap album these days appears to be the involvement of a few celebrity singers, with Pharrell Williams and the Weeknd particularly popular. Both feature on Luv Is Rage 2; the Weeknd sent in his vocal contribution, while Williams’ vocals were recorded during the lay-over in LA. Lee had expected to just be watching Williams’ regular engineer record him, but instead she ended up behind the controls at Conway. “I imported my template for the song ‘Neon Gets’ into his track-out session, and Pharrell was down to use whatever Uzi was comfortable with, so as I mentioned, we used the [Neumann] TLM 170, and the Avalon. So that was very easy.”

You can see him wearing Beats headphones in this photo.

Pharrell can be seen using the M-Audio Axiom 61 as his midi controller in this video while producing for Rick Ross.

"Pharrell's favourite outboard equipment — Tube-tech CL1, Dbx 160, LA2A, Neve 9098 EQs, Summit EQ/compressors — are all normalled." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman

"Pharrell's favourite outboard equipment — Tube-tech CL1, Dbx 160, LA2A, Neve 9098 EQs, Summit EQ/compressors — are all normalled." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman

"Pharrell's favourite outboard equipment — Tube-tech CL1, Dbx 160, LA2A, Neve 9098 EQs, Summit EQ/compressors — are all normalled." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman

"Three studios hold four Pro Tools rigs; the Amek G2520 console, one of seven prototypes made, is still in Studio A, with Digidesign Pro Controls in Studios B and C." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman

You can see him playing an M-Audio Oxygen 49.

He is using this MIDI keyboard throughout the entire video. You can see him using it for the choir, bass, and making a bridge.

In this interview Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman talks about the plugin he uses including Metric Halo's Channel Strip. "plus plug-ins like Metric Halo's Channel Strip and Waves' Renaissance compressors and the Sony Oxford Compressor — but we know exactly what to expect from each combination."

In this interview Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman talks about using the Waves' Renaissance compressor. "It's not a whole lot — about 18 channels of [processing], plus plug-ins like Metric Halo's Channel Strip and Waves' Renaissance compressors and the Sony Oxford Compressor — but we know exactly what to expect from each combination."

"Pharrell's favourite outboard equipment — Tube-tech CL1, Dbx 160, LA2A, Neve 9098 EQs, Summit EQ/compressors — are all normalled." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer Andrew Coleman

Mix Engineer Meslie Braithwaite on recording "Happy" : "You will note that I have the same three plug?ins on each individual vocal track: the Waves De?esser, the Waves Renaissance Compressor and the Universal Audio or Waves SSL Channel for EQ."

"Coming in from the front of the bus, one enters a vocal booth just in front and to the side of the main rear cabin-cum-control room/boudoir. The rear wall of the room has soffited Genelec 1037A monitors. (The monitoring configuration is virtually identical to the wall of the B studio at South Beach Studios in Miami, a Neptunes favourite.)" - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer, Andrew Coleman

"Hugo has small Genelecs as mains in studio C, and all rooms share several pairs of Yamaha NS10, Mackie and Proac nearfields." - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's engineer, Andrew Coleman.

In this interview piece, Pharrell talks about his switch to using Logic.

In the photo, Pharrell can be seen using the Virus T12 Polar while producing a track with Pusha T. Source.

Sequencing on a Korg O1W. Sounds come from Roland 5080s, TR Rack, 1080, 2080, Motif rack, Triton Extreme, lots of chopped up drum breaks.

Pro tools for tracking everything.

Neumann U67 ---> Avalon 737 (babyface) ---> Apogee Rosetta for vocals.

At 1:52, An Ensoniq ASR-10 can be seen in Pharell's studio.

"Hovercraft, as it's now known, still has the same layout as the studio that preceded it. Three studios hold four Pro Tools rigs; the Amek G2520 console, one of seven prototypes made, is still in Studio A, with Digidesign Pro Controls in Studios B and C" - via Sound On Sound interview with Pharrell's enginer, Andrew Coleman

In this Instagram photo, we see Pharrell's new shoes from the collaboration 'Pharrell x adidas'. His are custom, upholstered with a coral printed fabric straight out of Paris. They look to be Adidas Originals Metro Attitude Hi Sneakers.

You can also see he's working on an Apple MacBook Pro in this photo.