How It Was Recorded

Daddy Yankee · Barrio Fino, 2004

Gasolina

Lead vocalStudio chain (console and monitors)Reported7

What the sources do and do not say

A short 2006 Mix session box for the song, recorded and mixed at The Lab Studios by Hyde, Echo and LunyTunes. The vocal chain is described in prose; the console and monitors come only from the spec box and are not tied to particular parts. No instrument, drum machine or beat gear is covered.

Lead vocal

Daddy Yankee

Microphone

Neumann U 87

Reported

Microphone used to record Daddy Yankee's lead vocal tracks.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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.

Input chain

Avalon 737

Reported

Microphone preamp in the vocal chain, feeding Pro Tools directly.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio Avalon VT-737 Tube Channel Strip

channel strip

Made with Avalon as a model of the VT-737sp channel strip.

Get the plugin ↗What else it stands in for

Avid Pro Tools

Reported

Recorder the vocal went into, with only slight compression applied.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

The plugin used on the record

Avid Pro Tools

DAW

The DAW used on the record.

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Mix effects

Waves Q-Clone

Reported

Equaliser plug-in listed under vocal processing.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Studio chain (console and monitors)

Mix effects

Yamaha NS-10M

Reported

Studio monitor listed for the session.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. Used for listening back, so it is not part of the recorded signal. There is nothing for a plugin to stand in for.

Genelec 1038A

Reported

Studio monitor listed for the session.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. Used for listening back, so it is not part of the recorded signal. There is nothing for a plugin to stand in for.

KRK V88

Reported

Studio monitor listed for the session.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. Used for listening back, so it is not part of the recorded signal. There is nothing for a plugin to stand in for.

Sources

  1. Daddy Yankee Gasolina, Mix, 2006-05. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
Verified

Stated by the engineer, producer or artist, or by the manufacturer.

Reported

Stated by a reputable secondary source.

Inferred

An educated suggestion, not a documented fact.

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