How It Was Recorded

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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Waves NLS Non-Linear Summer

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A console-summing plugin that includes one Neve desk. It gives a Neve flavour, not this console's channels.

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