Jonas Brothers · Album, 2008
A Little Bit Longer
6 sourced items across 2 sectionsVerified6
This is an album-level record: the sources describe how the album as a whole was recorded, not one song. Where a detail belongs to a single song, the row says so.
Songs this record stands for: Burnin' Up, Lovebug. We found nothing specific to these songs, so this album record is the closest account we have.
What the sources do and do not say
Mix March 2008 interview with producer John Fields about the A Little Bit Longer sessions, mostly recorded on a Gibson tour bus. It describes the portable rig but never mentions Burnin' Up, so this is an album record with all rows album-level. Fields does not say which part each unit recorded, so roles are kept generic; the AKG model is given as 414 in the text.
Drums (bus rig)
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Dorian Crozier
Instrument
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Roland VK MIDI drum set
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Crozier's electronic drum set, built into the back lounge as an alternative rig on the bus.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Toontrack Superior Drummer 3
drum instrument
A sampled drum instrument. It does not claim to be this kit or drum.
Input chain
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Apple Logic 8
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Software Crozier sometimes used on his own Mac for certain sounds in the bus rig.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.
Tour-bus recording rig
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Microphone
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Unidentified Shure 58
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Microphone in the bus rig that Fields says the team used a lot; the part it recorded is not stated.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Input chain
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API 3124
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Mic preamp in the portable tour-bus rig Fields took on the road for recording.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Universal Audio API Vision Channel Strip Collection
channel strip
Models the channel strip of API's Vision console, whose preamp comes from the same family.
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Empirical Labs Distressor
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Compressor carried in the bus rig; no part or setting is given.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
Universal Audio Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor
compressor
Model of the Distressor made with Empirical Labs.
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- Empirical Labs Arousor (Empirical Labs' own plugin, built on the Distressor design rather than copying one unit)
The real chain
Line 6 Pod X3
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Part of the laptop-based setup Fields put together to record the next group of songs on the bus, alongside a vocal chain and the guitars on the wall.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Close match
Line 6 POD Farm 2.5
amp and cabinet simulator
Line 6's own plugin version of its POD amp and effects modelling, from the same period as the X3.
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- IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 (A guitar amp, cabinet and effects modeller that does the same job in software; it is not a model of this unit)
Sources
- Jonas Brothers: Teen Idols Adapt to Working in a Rolling Studio, Mix, 2008-03. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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