How It Was Recorded

Gear · other

Dolby SR

Records it appears on · 2

  • Get Lucky

    Daft Punk · Random Access Memories, 2013

    • Drum kit · Input chainVerifiedNoise reduction on the multitrack tape to avoid hiss; also softened top transients and fattened the lows
  • Achtung Baby

    U2 · Album, 1991

    • Bono lead vocal (album sessions) · Input chainVerifiedOn several Achtung Baby tracks Bono's vocal was recorded to tape with Dolby SR and played back without decoding, as a replacement for the Summit compressor, to tighten and brighten it.

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

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