How It Was Recorded

Gear · delay

Lexicon PCM42

Records it appears on · 4

  • Get Lucky

    Daft Punk · Random Access Memories, 2013

    • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedVocal delay (this or the Eventide H3000, depending on song)
  • 4 Minutes

    Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland · Hard Candy, 2008

    • Timbaland vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedProvided a small slap delay on Timbaland's vocal.
    • Madonna lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedGave Madonna's vocal an eighth-note delay to give it some space.
  • Unlimited Love

    Red Hot Chili Peppers · Album, 2022

    • Tracking, mix and effects · Mix effectsVerifiedAlso used as an effect at the mix.
  • Cosmic Thing

    The B-52's · Album, 1989

    • Vocals · Mix effectsReportedMixer Tom Durack believes the short-delay ambience on the three vocals and the guitar solo was probably made with Lexicon PCM 42 and/or PCM 41 units.

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

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Models the Lexicon Prime Time, the PCM42's predecessor, with the same kind of modulated digital delay.

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