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How It Was Recorded

Gear · software

Metric Halo Channel Strip

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Records it appears on2

What it was used for on each. Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

  • All About That Bass

    2014

    Meghan Trainor · Title

    • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedOne of the plug-ins applied identically on each of the four lead vocal tracks.
    • Upright bass (programmed) · Mix effectsVerifiedOn the upright bass track, alongside Decapitator and a reverb send.
    • Programmed drums · Mix effectsVerifiedGave a little EQ on the drum stereo bus.
    • Piano and organ · Mix effectsVerifiedOn the piano track, filtering it fairly high.Settings: Filtering the piano at 500Hz

  • Unfaithful

    2006

    Rihanna · A Girl like Me

    • Bass · Mix effectsVerifiedGave the bass more roundness, mainly through its EQ section.Settings: Small boosts at 2.2kHz, 315Hz and 80Hz (amounts not given)