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How It Was Recorded

Maroon 5 · Album, 2007

It Won't Be Soon Before Long

13 sourced items across 4 sectionsVerified4Reported7Inferred2

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: Makes Me Wonder, Wake Up Call, Won't Go Home Without You. 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

Album record. The Mix feature covers the album sessions, mainly Mark Stent's tracking at Conway Studios with Mike Elizondo. It says Mark Endert later produced "Makes Me Wonder" and recut it in Logic, and gives no gear for that song, so nothing here is tied to the track. A Mix piece on the Rihanna duet of another single was also read and not used.

Lead vocal

4 items

Adam Levine

Microphone

  • The real chain

    Blue Bottle

    Reported

    Usual first link in the lead vocal chain on the album sessions.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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  • The real chain

    Shure SM7

    Verified

    Stent says an SM7 was also used on Levine's vocals during the album sessions.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Input chain

Guitars

3 items

Adam Levine, James Valentine

Amplifier

Microphone

Bass

3 items

Mickey Madden

Amplifier

  • The real chain

    Line 6 Bass amp combo (model not stated)

    Reported

    One of the bass amps Stent recorded, besides Madden's Ampeg and Aguilar rig.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Microphone

  • The real chain

    AKG D112

    Verified

    Stent says a D-112 was used on the bass, together with a FET 47, alongside a DI.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Input chain

  • The real chain

    Pendulum Preamp (model not stated)

    Verified

    Stent says he took a DI of the bass through his Pendulum preamp.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Drum kit

3 items

Matt Flynn

Microphone

  • The real chain

    Telefunken 251

    Verified

    Stent says 251s were set around the room for room sound and then compressed very hard.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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  • The real chain

    Coles Coles microphones (model not stated)

    InferredUsual practice

    Usual practice, not stated for this record: Stent describes his habit of putting a pair of Coles mics by the drummer's ears, set flat.

    A suggestion, not a documented fact: Mark Stent describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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  • The real chain

    Neumann U 47 fet

    InferredUsual practice

    The article says Stent will typically put this mic on the kick drum.

    A suggestion, not a documented fact: The source describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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Sources

  1. Maroon 5: Taking Time to Get It Right, Mix, 2007-11. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.

What the ratings mean

Verified

Stated by the engineer, producer or artist, or by the manufacturer.

Reported

Stated by a reputable secondary source.

Inferred

An educated suggestion, not a documented fact.

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