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Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack

Records it appears on · 3

  • bad guy

    Billie Eilish · When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, 2019

    • Programmed drums and found-sound percussion · Mix effectsVerifiedSSL-style console emulation on the drum bus, driven for clipping and harmonics (also used on the other group busses)Settings: British 4k console model, driven hard
  • Hymn for the Weekend

    Coldplay · A Head Full of Dreams, 2016

    • Drums and percussion · Mix effectsVerifiedOn the main drum group track.
    • Mix bus and stereo bus · Mix effectsVerifiedInsert on the main bus track that the whole session feeds.
  • Rare

    Selena Gomez · Rare, 2020

    • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedUsed on the verse vocal group aux, with the Revival module adding thickness and the Virtual Channel set to a US A console with some drive.Settings: Virtual Channel set to the US A console, with a bit of drivePosition: On the 'Verse SG' aux group

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