Pat Benatar · Live from Earth, 1983
Love Is a Battlefield
9 sourced items across 4 sectionsVerified5Reported4
What the sources do and do not say
Single source: Mix Classic Tracks by Robyn Flans (first printed December 2005), quoting Neil Giraldo on the studio chain at MCA Whitney Studio B. The article names the amplifier "Roland JCM-120" as written; the cache text is the only basis. It does not give settings, and the Pultec row does not say which part it was used on. The MusicRadar and Mix tour-gear pages were read and add no recording gear.
Lead vocal
4 items
Pat Benatar
Microphone
The real chain
Neumann U 67
Reported
Microphones used to record the lead vocal.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Input chain
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Universal Audio 1176 Classic Limiter Collection
compressor
Models several revisions of the 1176, including the blackface units.
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- Waves CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter (Models two 1176 revisions (blacky and bluey))
The real chain
Pultec EQ (model not stated)
Verified
Used lightly, though the passage does not say which part it was applied to.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
Universal Audio Pultec Passive EQ Collection
equaliser
Models the Pultec EQP-1A, MEQ-5 and HLF-3C. The source does not say which Pultec was used.
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- Waves PuigTec EQs (EQP-1A and MEQ-5) (Models the Pultec EQP-1A and MEQ-5)
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Universal Audio EMT 250 Classic Electronic Reverb
reverb
Model of the EMT 250 digital reverb, made with EMT.
Guitar
3 items
Neil Giraldo
Amplifier
The real chain
Roland JCM-120
Reported
Amplifier for the guitar, as the article names it.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5
amp and cabinet simulator
An amp and cabinet simulator that covers a wide range of amplifiers and speaker cabinets of this kind. It is not a model of this unit, so pick the nearest one in it by ear.
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- Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro (An amp and cabinet simulator that covers a wide range of amplifiers and speaker cabinets of this kind. It is not a model of this unit, so pick the nearest one in it by ear)
Microphone
The real chain
AKG C414
Reported
Microphones on the guitar amp speakers.
- Position
- On the speakers
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Mix effects
Drum programming
1 item
Neil Giraldo
Instrument
The real chain
Linn Linn drum machine (model not stated)
Verified
Drum machine on which Giraldo programmed the beat before the live parts were recorded.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Aly James Lab VProm
drum instrument
Models Linn's LM-1 and LinnDrum, sample-based drum machines with the same converters and tuning controls. The source does not name the model, so this stands for the maker's family of units: it is not a model of the one on the record.
Studio chain
1 item
Input chain
The real chain
Neve Console (model not stated)
Verified
Console the track was recorded through, with its EQ and a little compression used.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Approximate
Waves NLS Non-Linear Summer
console emulation
Adds the summing character of three desks, one of them a Neve. The source does not name the console model, so this is only a family resemblance.
Sources
- Classic Tracks: Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a Battlefield”, Mix, 2005-12. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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