How It Was Recorded

Daughtry · Daughtry, 2006

It's Not Over

Lead vocalBasic trackingReported5

What the sources do and do not say

Single Mix engineer's-diary entry covering the vocal chain and the console used for basic tracking. It does not describe drums, guitars or bass. Attributions are the journalist's, so all rows are reported; Benson's quotes about the Sony, 251 and Neve 1081 are general habit and were left out.

Lead vocal

Chris Daughtry

Microphone

Sony C800G

Reported

Producer Howard Benson's choice of microphone for Chris Daughtry's lead vocal.

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

Quad-Eight Mic preamp (model not stated)

Reported

Microphone preamplifier paired with the Sony on the lead vocal.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. The source does not name the model, so no specific plugin can be suggested.

Tube-Tech CL 1B

Reported

Compressor on the vocal while tracking, used sparingly.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Softube Tube-Tech CL 1B Mk II

compressor

Made with Tube-Tech as a model of the CL 1B.

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Avid Pro Tools

Reported

Recorder the vocal chain went straight into; the spec box gives the system as Pro Tools|HD.

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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Basic tracking

Input chain

Neve 8058

Reported

Console at Bay 7 Studio A used for basic tracking.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

Waves NLS Non-Linear Summer

console emulation

A console-summing plugin that includes one Neve desk. It gives a Neve flavour, not this console's channels.

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Sources

  1. “Its Not Over” Daughtry, Mix, 2007-03-15. 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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