How It Was Recorded

Artist

Taylor Swift

Records

Usual practice

What the people behind these records say they generally do. None of it is stated for a particular record, so every item is rated inferred.

  • Neumann KM 54Acoustic guitarInferred

    Usual practice, not stated for this record: Chapman's microphone for acoustic guitar.

    From the record for Speak Now, where the source is linked.

  • API 512Acoustic guitarInferred

    Usual practice, not stated for this record: Preamp that the acoustic guitar microphone fed into.

    From the record for Speak Now, where the source is linked.

  • Empirical Labs DistressorAcoustic guitarInferred

    Usual practice, not stated for this record: Compressor after the API preamp in the acoustic guitar chain.

    From the record for Speak Now, where the source is linked.

Gear on these records