How It Was Recorded

Gear · software

Digidesign Smack!

Records it appears on · 2

  • Rehab

    Amy Winehouse · Back to Black, 2006

    • Bass guitar · Mix effectsVerifiedPlug-in compressor giving the bass a slight vintage driveSettings: Fairly fast release setting of 2; light action; used in the choruses only
  • Mine

    Taylor Swift · Speak Now, 2010

    • Drums · Mix effectsVerifiedCompressor on a drum subgroup used for crushing.

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

Get the sound

First choice · The plugin used on the record

Avid Pro Tools

DAW

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