Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams uses the Neumann TLM 103 microphone during his #OTHERtone radio show on Beats1, as seen on his Instagram.

"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

Pharrell Williams can be seen using the Shure SM57 microphne in the "Feels" video.

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.”

In a photograph from Getty Images, Pharrell Williams is seen using a Shure U2 SM58.

In the photo provided, Pharrell Williams is seen holding a Sennheiser SKM 5200-II microphone.

Pharrell Williams is confirmed to use a Universal Audio SD-1 microphone, as evidenced in the "Men's Fall-Winter 2025 Behind The Scenes with Pharrell and Nigo" video by Louis Vuitton. At approximately 0:52, the SD-1 is clearly visible in the corner of his in-office studio.