How It Was Recorded

Gear · console

Neve 8028

Records it appears on · 2

  • Nevermind

    Nirvana · Album, 1991

    • Drum kit · Input chainReportedTracking console at Sound City, with Neve mic preamps and 1084 EQ modules
  • Jessie's Girl

    Rick Springfield · Working Class Dog, 1981

    • Lead vocal · Input chainVerifiedThe vocal went through a Neve microphone preamp in the Sound City console.

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

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First choice · Close match

Universal Audio Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection

preamp and EQ

Neve 80-series desks of this period were fitted with 1073-family preamp and EQ modules. This models the module, not the whole desk.

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Waves Scheps 73

preamp and EQ

Another model of the 1073 module from the same family of consoles.

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