How It Was Recorded

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Tube-Tech CL 1

Records it appears on · 1

  • Surfacing

    Sarah McLachlan · Album, 1998

    • Lead vocal · Input chainInferredProducer's usual light compression on McLachlan's voice while recording, kept to a minimum.Settings: Minimum compression, fast attack, medium release

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Softube Tube-Tech CL 1B Mk II

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The source says CL 1. This models the CL 1B, the unit the name usually means.

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