How It Was Recorded

Gear · console

MCI Custom-made console (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 1

  • Stayin' Alive

    Bee Gees · Saturday Night Fever, 1977

    • Mix · Mix effectsReportedConsole with VCA grouping automation used for the mix, one of the first automated mixes at Criteria.

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Metric Halo MBSI Channel Strip

channel strip

Models the channel strip of a custom MCI desk built for Criteria Studios in the 1970s, so it is the same maker's sound. It is not a model of the desk on the record.

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