Universal Audio UAD Ampex ATR-102

Records it appears on · 4

• bad guy

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

  • Production DAW, summing and stereo mix chain · Mix effectsVerifiedTape emulation, first on the stereo print chainSettings: 30ips, half-inch; tape hiss switched off, after Billie and Finneas objected to it on the first mix Kinelski did for them
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

  Billie Eilish · Album, 2019

  • Mix bus and summing · Mix effectsVerifiedTape-machine plug-in placed first on the master chain; the artists disliked its added hiss, so the hiss was turned off.Settings: 30 ips, half-inch
• Daylight

  David Kushner · The Dichotomy, 2023

  • Piano · Mix effectsVerifiedAdded to the piano to bring out the room tone and dirtiness.
• Willow

  Taylor Swift · Evermore, 2020

  • Two-bus (mix) · Mix effectsVerifiedTape emulation on the two-bus aux, set to 15ips with half-inch GP9 tape for this song.Settings: 15ips, half-inch GP9

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

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