Lead vocal
Toni Watson (Tones and I)
Microphone
Miktek CV4
VerifiedLarge-diaphragm microphone used to record the lead vocal.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Input chain
Solid State Logic XR627
VerifiedPreamp the vocal microphone fed on the way in.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Covers this kind of unit
Solid State Logic SSL Native X-Saturator
saturation
SSL's own saturation plugin, which blends second-harmonic and third-harmonic distortion as this module's drive circuit does; it is not a model of this unit and has no preamp or compressor section.
Solid State Logic XR425
VerifiedEqualiser inserted after the preamp while tracking the vocal.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Close match
Waves SSL E-Channel
channel strip
Models the SSL 4000 E console channel whose equaliser this module reproduces; it is not a model of the X-Rack module itself.
Also worth a look: Solid State Logic SSL Native Channel Strip 2 (SSL's own channel strip plugin with an E-series equaliser setting, the same circuit family as this module; it is not a model of the X-Rack module itself).
UREI 1176
VerifiedHardware compressor on the way in, used only to contain vocal peaks rather than to add a sound.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Emulation of this unit
Universal Audio 1176 Classic Limiter Collection
compressor
Models several revisions of the 1176, including the blackface units.
Also worth a look: Waves CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter (Models two 1176 revisions (blacky and bluey)).
Lynx Aurora 16
VerifiedConverter that took the vocal chain into the computer.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Mix effects
Waves Tune
VerifiedPitch-correction plug-in used lightly on a few lead vocal notes.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Teletronix LA-2A
VerifiedHardware compressor inserted on the lead vocal bus, doing very little in limiting mode.
- Position
- Hardware insert on the lead vocal bus
- Settings
- Limiting setting, taking off tiny amounts
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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.
Also worth a look: Waves CLA-2A Compressor / Limiter (Models an LA-2A from Chris Lord-Alge's collection. Cheaper and runs without UA hardware).
Universal Audio UAD Neve 1073
VerifiedNeve 1073 emulation on the lead vocal bus, pushed into its drive input with the fader lowered to compensate.
- Position
- Insert on the lead vocal bus
- Settings
- Set to the drive input, turned up a little, with the fader volume turned down
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
The plugin used on the record
Universal Audio Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection
preamp and EQ
The current version of the plugin used on the record.
Bass
Toni Watson (played in), Konstantin Kersting (sound design)
Instrument
Moog Voyager
VerifiedOne of the synths the played-in bass line was run through.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Close match
Arturia Mini V
instrument
A Minimoog emulation. The Voyager is the Minimoog's later descendant.
Also worth a look: Universal Audio Moog Minimoog (Made with Moog as a model of the Minimoog, the Voyager's ancestor).
Unidentified Model D
VerifiedSynth that carried the main bass line, layered with the Voyager and an Arturia emulation.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Close match
Arturia Mini V
instrument
Model D is the Minimoog's model name, and this emulates the Minimoog. The source does not say whose Model D was played.
Also worth a look: Universal Audio Moog Minimoog (Model D is the Minimoog's model name, and this is a Moog-approved emulation of it. The source does not say whose Model D was played).
Arturia Mini V
VerifiedSoftware Minimoog emulation layered into the bass.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
The plugin used on the record
Arturia Mini V
instrument
The plugin named in the source.
Mix effects
Kush Audio Novatron
VerifiedCompressor on the Model D bass track to keep it in place.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Drums (programmed)
Mix effects
Drawmer 1968
VerifiedHardware compressor inserted on the main drums bus.
- Position
- Insert on the Drums aux bus
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Covers this kind of unit
Waves CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter
compressor
A FET compressor like the original, though without its valve stage; it is not a model of this unit.
Soundtoys Decapitator
VerifiedSaturation on the main drums bus.
- Position
- Insert on the Drums aux bus
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Universal Audio UAD API 2500
VerifiedFurther compression on the main drums bus.
- Position
- Insert on the Drums aux bus
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Kush Audio Novatron
VerifiedCompressor on a parallel drums bus to add impact to the chorus drums.
- Position
- Big Parallel parallel bus, with a Pro-Q 2 rolling off high end
- Settings
- Punish mode
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Main keyboard part
Toni Watson
Instrument
Korg Minilogue
ReportedSynth used for the main piano-like keyboard part, which Kersting thinks began as an actual piano sound before being changed.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Covers this kind of unit
u-he Diva
instrument
An analogue-modelling polysynth with two oscillators per voice and switchable filter types, so it covers the same kind of sound; it is not a model of this unit.
Mix bus
Mix effects
Crane Song HEDD
VerifiedThe X-Desk summed into this unit, and the signal went on from it to the passive equaliser and the compressor.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
JLM PEQ
VerifiedPassive hardware equaliser on the master bus.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Close match
Universal Audio Pultec Passive EQ Collection
equaliser
Models the Pultec EQP-1A, the passive circuit this module is built on; it is not a model of the JLM unit.
Also worth a look: Waves PuigTec EQs (EQP-1A and MEQ-5) (Also models a Pultec EQP-1A, the passive circuit the JLM follows; it is not a model of the JLM unit).
Smart Research C2
VerifiedHardware compressor on the master bus, doing very little.
- Settings
- At most 3 dB of gain reduction
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
Close match
Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor
compressor
The C1 and C2 are bus compressors in the SSL style. This models the SSL G-series bus compressor, not the Smart unit.
Also worth a look: Solid State Logic SSL Native Bus Compressor 2 (The C1 and C2 are bus compressors in the SSL style. This is SSL's own bus compressor plugin).
Sources
- Inside Track: Tones And I 'Dance Monkey' (page 2), Sound On Sound, 2020-01. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
- Inside Track: Tones And I 'Dance Monkey' (page 1), Sound On Sound, 2020-01. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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