How It Was Recorded

Gear · delay

AMS Delay/harmoniser (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 1

  • Never Gonna Give You Up

    Rick Astley · Whenever You Need Somebody, 1987

    • Lead vocal · Mix effectsReportedDelay/harmoniser shadowing the vocal, slightly sharpened to make it sound bigger and brighter.
    • Drums and samples · Input chainVerifiedHeld the kick and snare samples so they could be tightened and then triggered with an audio trigger.

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