How It Was Recorded

Gear · equaliser

Avid Joemeek VC5 Meequalizer

Equaliser plugin (Bomb Factory/Avid model of the Joemeek VC5), Hardware: late 1990s (reviewed May 1998); plugin date not sourced. Software model of the Joemeek VC5 Meequaliser hardware, a two-channel three-band equaliser with fixed treble and bass shelves and a sweepable inductor-style mid band based on a circuit Joe Meek used.

Source, read 15 Nov 2026

Records it appears on · 1

  • Little Lion Man

    Mumford & Sons · Sigh No More, 2009

    • Banjo · Mix effectsVerifiedFirst insert on the banjo subgroup, adding a boost around 2 kHz.Settings: Adds 2 dB around 2 kHz

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

Get the sound

No plugin suggested. This is itself a plugin, the Bomb Factory Joemeek VC5 Meequalizer for Pro Tools, so the record used the software rather than hardware.

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