How It Was Recorded

Gear · preamp

API 512

Records it appears on · 3

  • The Best Damn Thing

    Avril Lavigne · Album, 2007

    • Lead vocal (Walker sessions) · Input chainReportedMic preamp on the lead vocal in the Walker sessions.
  • Mine

    Taylor Swift · Speak Now, 2010

    • Guitars · Input chainVerifiedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: Preamp after the KM54 on acoustic guitar, and also used for his harmony vocals.
  • Speak Now

    Taylor Swift · Album, 2010

    • Acoustic guitar · Input chainInferredUsual practice, not stated for this record: Preamp that the acoustic guitar microphone fed into.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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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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