How It Was Recorded

Gear · delay

Publison Stereo harmoniser (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 1

  • Like a Virgin

    Madonna · Album, 1984

    • Drum kit (Tony Thompson) · Mix effectsVerifiedTook the drum room sound, fed it back into itself and pitched it down to deepen it and bring out the bass drum.

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Savant Audio Labs Savant IM90

multi-effect

Models the Publison Infernal Machine 90, with its pitch-shifting and delay sections. The source does not name the model, so this stands for the maker's family of units: it is not a model of the one on the record.

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