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Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna · It Won't Be Soon Before Long, 2007

If I Never See Your Face Again

7 sourced items across 3 sectionsVerified1Reported6

What the sources do and do not say

Source is Mix's short Production Notes piece on the Maroon 5 and Rihanna duet version, covering the duet vocal session and the mix. Most gear comes from the credits block and narrative (reported); only the LA-2A line is in Endert's own words. The mix console is credited but no processing at the mix is described. The other candidate (SOS Inside Track on Rihanna) covers different songs and was not used.

Rihanna duet vocal

4 items

Rihanna

Microphone

  • The real chain

    Sony C800G

    Reported

    Condenser microphone used to record Rihanna's duet vocal.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    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

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    Neve 1073

    Reported

    Microphone preamp used for Rihanna's vocal, and for Levine's too.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Emulation of this unit

    Universal Audio Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection

    preamp and EQ

    Made with AMS Neve as a model of the 1073 preamp and equaliser.

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    • Waves Scheps 73 (Models the 1073's preamp and equaliser, made with Andrew Scheps)

  • The real chain

    Teletronix LA-2A

    Verified

    Levelling amplifier on the vocal on its way into Pro Tools, in a chain Endert describes for Rihanna as LA-2A then GML EQ.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Emulation of this unit

    Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Leveler Collection

    compressor

    Universal Audio owns the Teletronix name; this is its own model of the LA-2A.

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  • The real chain

    GML 8200

    Reported

    Parametric EQ used while recording Rihanna's vocal, with a little top added and a little midrange taken out, according to Endert.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Close match

    Massenburg DesignWorks MDW Parametric EQ

    equaliser

    George Massenburg's own plugin equaliser, from the designer of the 8200. It is not a model of the hardware.

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Adam Levine duet vocal

2 items

Adam Levine

Microphone

Input chain

Mix

1 item

Mix effects

  • The real chain

    Solid State Logic 9072 J console

    Reported

    Console credited as the mix console, at Scream Studios, Florida, for the February 2008 mix.

    Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

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    Solid State Logic SSL Native Channel Strip 2

    channel strip

    SSL's own channel-strip plugin. It is not a model of this particular desk.

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    • Waves SSL E-Channel (Models the 4000 E channel strip; the source does not make this the same desk)

Sources

  1. “If I Never See Your Face Again” Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna, Mix, 2008-05-15. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.

What the ratings mean

Verified

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Reported

Stated by a reputable secondary source.

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