How It Was Recorded

Gear · console

Harrison 48-channel console (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 1

  • Ride Like the Wind

    Christopher Cross · Christopher Cross, 1980

    • Studio console and tape machines · Input chainReportedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: Omartian believes this was the console at the sessions; his memory of 1979 is hazy.

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

Get the sound

First choice · Covers this kind of unit

Harrison Audio 32Classic Channel Strip

channel strip

Harrison's own channel-strip plugin, taken from its 32-series desks. The source does not name the model, so this stands for the maker's family of units: it is not a model of the one on the record.

Get the plugin ↗

Disclosure: plugin links currently go straight to the maker and earn us nothing. If that changes, affiliate links will be marked here. Suggestions are chosen on fit, never on commission, and are kept separate from the recording facts. More.