How It Was Recorded

Gear · software

Universal Audio UAD API 2500

Records it appears on · 4

  • A Lot

    21 Savage · I Am > I Was, 2019

    • Drums and 808 · Mix effectsReportedGentle compressor on the C Drums aux, there for glue.
  • Hymn for the Weekend

    Coldplay · A Head Full of Dreams, 2016

    • Drums and percussion · Mix effectsVerifiedCompressor on the main drum group track.
  • Willow

    Taylor Swift · Evermore, 2020

    • Two-bus (mix) · Mix effectsVerifiedCompressor on the two-bus aux.
  • Dance Monkey

    Tones and I · The Kids Are Coming, 2019

    • Drums (programmed) · Mix effectsVerifiedFurther compression on the main drums bus.Position: Insert on the Drums aux bus

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

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