Fine Young Cannibals · The Raw & the Cooked, 1989
She Drives Me Crazy
7 sourced items across 4 sectionsReported7
What the sources do and do not say
One Mix Classic Tracks article (first printed March 2001) with producer David Z, read in full. It covers the snare, drum machine, vocal microphone, guitar treatment and tape chain for this song; it does not give bass or keyboard gear, or mix equipment. The article dates the album to 1989 (the catalogue lists 1988). The API 550 model is a bracketed insertion in a quote, and 'Shure 57' is read as the SM57.
Lead vocal
1 item
Roland Gift
Microphone
The real chain
Neumann U 87
Reported
Microphone used for Roland Gift's lead vocal, recorded a couple of days later.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Staccato guitar lines
1 item
Andy Cox
Input chain
The real chain
Unidentified Underwater pool-type speaker (model not stated)
Reported
Speaker used to play back one guitar line, which was then re-recorded to tape for a muted, mysterious quality.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Snare and drum programming
3 items
David Z
Instrument
The real chain
Linn 9000
Reported
Drum machine on which the producer created the session's first groove loop, and whose 12-bit internal snare was blended into the ruler-struck snare.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Aly James Lab VProm
drum instrument
Emulates Linn's earlier LM-1 and LinnDrum. The 9000 is a later machine.
Input chain
The real chain
API 550 EQ
Reported
Equaliser used to twist the ruler-struck snare sound hard so it began to sound more like a crash.
- Settings
- Twisted heavily around 1 kHz
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
Waves API 550
equaliser
Made with API as models of the 550A and 550B equalisers.
The real chain
Auratone Speaker (model not stated)
Reported
Speaker used to replay the blended snare sample over a second snare drum so the snares rattled and added ambience and high end.
- Position
- Placed upside down on top of another snare drum
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Console and tape machine
2 items
Input chain
The real chain
API Console (DiMideo-modified, model not stated)
Reported
Console in Studio B at Paisley Park where the song was recorded, modelled on the one used at Sunset Sound.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Universal Audio API Vision Channel Strip Collection
channel strip
Models the channel strip of API's Vision console, built from the same module family.
The real chain
Studer A800
Reported
Tape machine that took the snare track, running Ampex 456 tape.
- Settings
- 15 ips, Ampex 456 tape
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder
tape
Made with Studer as a model of the A800 multitrack.
Sources
- Classic Tracks: Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy", Mix, 2026-02-13. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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