How It Was Recorded

The Click Five · Greetings from Imrie House, 2005

Just the Girl

Lead vocalRecorders and consoleVerified2Reported6

What the sources do and do not say

One short Mix 'Making of' credit box and two paragraphs on the single. Only the M49 and Distressor are in the engineer's own words; the rest are credit-box listings and are reported. The article gives no settings or placements and nothing on drums, bass or guitars.

Lead vocal

Eric Dill

Microphone

Neumann M49

Verified

Lead vocal microphone, chosen after a shootout with U47, U67 and U87 because it flattered the singer's sibilance best.

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

API 312

Reported

Listed in the single's credits as one of the vocal mic preamplifiers.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Close match

Universal Audio API Vision Channel Strip Collection

channel strip

Models the channel strip of API's Vision console, whose preamp comes from the same family.

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Wunder Audio PEQ1

Reported

Listed in the single's credits as the other vocal mic preamp and EQ unit.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Covers this kind of unit

Universal Audio Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection

preamp and EQ

A Class A, transformer-coupled preamp and EQ module of the early-1970s British console type, the format and job this unit shares; it is not a model of this unit.

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Neve 31102

Reported

Listed in the credits as a three-band EQ in the vocal processing, taken from the Neve 8068 console.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio Neve 31102 / 31102SE Classic Console EQs

equaliser

Universal Audio's model of the 31102 module from the Neve 8068 desk.

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Also worth a look: Universal Audio Neve 1081 Channel EQ (Models the 1081, a sibling Neve console equaliser from the same family; it is not a model of the 31102).

Empirical Labs Distressor

Verified

Vocal compressor, which Beaudoin says meshed very nicely with the singer's voice.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor

compressor

Model of the Distressor made with Empirical Labs.

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Also worth a look: Empirical Labs Arousor (Empirical Labs' own plugin, built on the Distressor design rather than copying one unit).

Mix effects

EMT 140

Reported

Listed in the credits as a stereo plate reverb among the vocal processing.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator

reverb

Models three EMT 140 plates, made with EMT.

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Also worth a look: Soundtoys Little Plate (A simpler EMT 140 model with one decay control).

Recorders and console

Input chain

Studer A827

Reported

Listed in the single's credits among the recorders.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines

tape

Includes a model of a two-inch Studer A827.

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Also worth a look: Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models the A800, the A827's predecessor).

Ampex ATR-102

Reported

Listed in the credits as a half-inch mastering deck among the recorders.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder

tape

Model of the ATR-102 mastering deck, made with Ampex.

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Sources

  1. Just The Girl: The Click Five, Mix, 2005-10. 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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