How It Was Recorded

Maroon 5 · Album, 2004

Songs About Jane

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: Harder to Breathe, Must Get Out, She Will Be Loved, Sunday Morning, This Love. We found nothing specific to these songs, so this album record is the closest account we have.

Lead vocalOverdub room and recording systemVerified7

What the sources do and do not say

Single Mix Classic Tracks article, mostly about the album sessions at Rumbo and Can-Am, so all rows are album-level. Vocal chain details come from Landolt. Backing vocal mics (a 414 or 87, stated as alternatives), drum and guitar gear are not tied to the song and were left out; the Can-Am list is available gear, not confirmed use.

Lead vocal

Adam Levine

Microphone

Bock Audio 195

Verified

One of two main microphones used for Adam Levine's vocals on the album sessions, an early unit given to the engineer by its designer.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. Microphone-modelling plugins only work with their own matched hardware microphone, so there is no plugin to link. Placement and the room matter more than the model.

Neumann U 47 fet

Verified

Second vocal microphone for Levine, alternated with the Bock 195; the engineer calls it a FET 47.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. Microphone-modelling plugins only work with their own matched hardware microphone, so there is no plugin to link. Placement and the room matter more than the model.

Input chain

Chandler Limited LTD-1

Verified

First stage of the vocal chain, an original unit containing Neve boards.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Close match

Universal Audio Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection

preamp and EQ

The LTD-1 is built to the Neve 1073 design. This models the 1073 itself.

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Empirical Labs Distressor

Verified

Compressor that followed the Chandler unit in the vocal chain, set to a quick 2:1 ratio.

Settings
Quick 2:1 ratio

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor

compressor

Model of the Distressor made with Empirical Labs.

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Also worth a look: Empirical Labs Arousor (Empirical Labs' own plugin, built on the Distressor design rather than copying one unit).

Teletronix LA-2A

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Final unit in the vocal chain, after the Distressor.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Leveler Collection

compressor

Universal Audio owns the Teletronix name; this is its own model of the LA-2A.

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Also worth a look: Waves CLA-2A Compressor / Limiter (Models an LA-2A from Chris Lord-Alge's collection. Cheaper and runs without UA hardware).

Overdub room and recording system

Input chain

Avid Pro Tools

Verified

Recording system for the sessions, used instead of tape although tape was available.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

Avid Pro Tools

DAW

The DAW used on the record.

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Trident 80C compact console

Verified

Console in Studio C for overdubs, fed by stems from Pro Tools for monitoring.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Close match

Trident Audio Developments 80B EQ (Trident Digital Edition)

equaliser

Models the EQ of the Series 80B, the version of this desk that came just before the 80C.

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Sources

  1. Classic Tracks: Maroon 5's "This Love", Mix, 2024-08-29. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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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