How It Was Recorded

Gear · preamp

API Mic preamps (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 2

  • Get Lucky

    Daft Punk · Random Access Memories, 2013

    • Drum kit · Input chainVerifiedPreamps favoured on kick and snare for punch
  • Need You Now

    Lady Antebellum · Album, 2009

    • Drum kit · Input chainVerifiedPreamps on the kick and snare for some of the songs on Need You Now; the engineer says he has always liked API on drums.

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

Get the sound

First choice · Close match

Universal Audio API Vision Channel Strip Collection

channel strip

Includes API's preamp, EQ and dynamics models. The source does not name the preamp model.

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