Shaboozey · Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going, 2024
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
15 sourced items across 4 sectionsVerified14Reported1
What the sources do and do not say
Sound On Sound Inside Track with producers Sean Cook and Nevin Sastry, read in full. Covers vocal and acoustic guitar miking, mix plug-ins and the claps. The Hazelrigg model (VLC) is named only in the guitar passage; the vocal passage says only Hazelrigg. The Royer model is not stated. The Event Horizon line is a caption quoting an unnamed speaker, so it is reported. The Valhalla Room row carries Sastry's doubt only about how wet the reverb was.
Lead vocal
5 items
Shaboozey
Microphone
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Mojave Audio MA-200
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Microphone used to record Shaboozey's lead vocal.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Input chain
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Hazelrigg Industries VLC-1
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Preamp the lead vocal microphone was recorded through.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
MixWave Hazelrigg VLC
preamp and EQ
A component-level model of the Hazelrigg VLC itself, made with Hazelrigg Industries.
Mix effects
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Waves CLA-76
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Gave the lead vocal some slight compression at the mix.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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The plugin used on the record
Waves CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter
compressor
The plugin named in the source.
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Waves RVox
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Pushed the lead vocal slightly forward in the mix.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Safari Pedals Flamingo Verb
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A mono, centred reverb on the lead vocal bus.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Acoustic guitars
8 items
Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry, John Mark Nelson
Microphone
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Mojave Audio MA-200
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One of the main microphones for the acoustic guitars, which were recorded at distances of up to 15 feet.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Warm Audio WA-251
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One of the main microphones for the acoustic guitars, which were recorded at distances of up to 15 feet.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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sE Electronics RNT
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One of the main microphones for the acoustic guitars, which were recorded at distances of up to 15 feet.
Source: Sound On Sound, 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.
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Royer Ribbon microphone (model not stated)
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A ribbon microphone used among the mics on the far-miked acoustic guitars.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Neumann KM 184
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Microphones brought in by John Mark Nelson during the acoustic guitar recording.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Input chain
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Hazelrigg Industries VLC-1
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Preamp most of the guitar microphones went through, among several preamps used.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Emulation of this unit
MixWave Hazelrigg VLC
preamp and EQ
A component-level model of the Hazelrigg VLC itself, made with Hazelrigg Industries.
Mix effects
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Valhalla DSP Valhalla Room
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Reverb added to the acoustic guitars for depth.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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The plugin used on the record
Valhalla DSP ValhallaRoom
reverb
The plugin named in the source.
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FabFilter Pro-Q 3
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Used with a reverb on the bus for the gang acoustic guitars, which Cook says darkened the room sound.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Close match
FabFilter Pro-Q 4
equaliser
Pro-Q 4 is the current version of the same equaliser.
Drums (mostly programmed)
1 item
Mix effects
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Stillwell Audio Event Horizon
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Placed on the drum bus at the mix to clip the drums slightly for grit and punch.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Handclaps
1 item
Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry
Mix effects
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Unidentified Tape machine (model not stated)
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Raul Lopez ran all the handclaps through a tape machine at his studio and back into Pro Tools during the mix.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Approximate
Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines
tape
Models two Studer machines, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape.
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- Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape)
Sources
- Inside Track: Shaboozey 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)', Sound On Sound, 2024-12. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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