How It Was Recorded

Gear · microphone

STC Ball and Biscuit

Records it appears on · 1

  • In the Air Tonight

    Phil Collins · Face Value, 1981

    • Drums · MicrophoneReportedStudio reverse-talkback room microphone, fed through a very heavy compressor, used as a drum room mic.

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

Get the sound

No plugin suggested. Microphone-modelling plugins only work with their own matched hardware microphone, so there is no plugin to link. Placement and the room matter more than the model.

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