How It Was Recorded

Gear · console

WSW/Siemens Console (1965)

Broadcast mixing console, 1965. Built by WSW, Siemens' Austrian arm, with 811510B channel modules and a passive equaliser; the source does not say whether it is valve or transistor. A rare desk; the engineer credits its passive EQ's mid band for much of its character.

Source, read 15 Nov 2026

Records it appears on · 1

  • Willow

    Taylor Swift · Evermore, 2020

    • Lead vocal · Input chainVerifiedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: Vocal microphone signal went straight into this desk when Low recorded Swift.

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