Gear · console
Neve 8078
Records it appears on · 6
- 52nd Street
Billy Joel · Album, 1978
- Tracking and mix room · Input chainVerifiedConsole in the A-1 control room used for tracking at the 7th Avenue studio.
- Lost Highway
Bon Jovi · Album, 2007
- Guitars · Input chainReportedIts preamps took the two ambience microphone signals before the compressors.
- Le Freak
Chic · C'est Chic, 1978
- Recording chain · Input chainReported24-channel console the engineer used for the sound while the track was created.
- Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits · Album, 1985
- Console, recorder and mix · Input chainVerifiedConsole used for the Montserrat tracking sessions; Dorfsman rated it highly.
- Black or White
Michael Jackson · Dangerous, 1991
- Mix · Mix effectsReportedConsole used for the mix at Record One; Bottrell found it rang too much on the heavy metal section, and the final edit used it for the main parts.
- Talking Heads: 77
Talking Heads · Album, 1977
- Studio and mix · Mix effectsReportedThe article states the album was mixed at Media Sound in Studio A on this console.
Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.
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console emulation
A console-summing plugin that includes one Neve desk. It gives a Neve flavour, not this console's channels.
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