How It Was Recorded

White Town · Women in Technology, 1997

Your Woman

Lead vocalGuitarBass lineExtra beatPiano and keyboardsSequencing and mixdownVerified8Reported2

What the sources do and do not say

One Sound On Sound Classic Tracks piece by Tom Doyle, based on an interview with Jyoti Mishra, who produced and recorded the song at home. Settings and positions are given only where stated. Maker for the Atari ST software (Gajits) and Realistic (Tandy) come from the text; the Tascam 688 row is the cassette multitrack, not a mixer.

Lead vocal

Jyoti Mishra

Microphone

Realistic PZM

Verified

Cheap Tandy boundary microphone used to record the lead vocal.

Source: Sound On Sound, 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

Boss BE-5

Verified

Guitar effects unit placed in the vocal chain; its overdrive gave the vocal a telephone-like tone and its noise gate was used while recording.

Settings
Overdrive/distortion engaged; noise gate used

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

Native Instruments Guitar Rig 7 Pro

amp and cabinet simulator

Includes a range of modelled pedals. Whether this exact pedal is among them was not checked.

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Tascam 688 Midistudio

Verified

Eight-track cassette recorder that the vocal was recorded onto, through the PZM and BE-5.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Close match

IK Multimedia TASCAM Tape Collection

tape

Models TASCAM's own home multitrack recorders, including the Porta One cassette four-track, close relatives of the 688.

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Also worth a look: Wavesfactory Cassette (Recreates the sound of recording to cassette tape, the medium this machine used; it is not a model of this unit).

Guitar

Jyoti Mishra

Instrument

E-mu Emax II

Verified

Replayed the guitar part from a sample after its first appearance, which Mishra played himself.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

TAL Software TAL-Sampler

instrument

A sampler plugin with vintage-style converters. It is not a model of this unit, and you load your own samples.

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Bass line

Jyoti Mishra

Instrument

Moog Rogue

Verified

Monosynth he first tried for the bass line before deciding to sample its note.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

Arturia Mini V

instrument

A Minimoog emulation. It has the Moog filter and character, but this is a different Moog.

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E-mu Emax II

Verified

Held the sampled Moog bass note, which was played well below its original pitch to give the growly low notes.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

TAL Software TAL-Sampler

instrument

A sampler plugin with vintage-style converters. It is not a model of this unit, and you load your own samples.

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Extra beat

Jyoti Mishra

Instrument

Casio VL-1

Reported

Casio mini-synth that made the one additional beat, heard briefly at 3:09.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. A toy calculator-keyboard with its own lo-fi voice and rhythm sounds. We found no current plugin that we could confirm models it.

Piano and keyboards

Jyoti Mishra

Instrument

E-mu Emax II

Verified

Sampler whose stock library piano sound supplied the piano part.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

TAL Software TAL-Sampler

instrument

A sampler plugin with vintage-style converters. It is not a model of this unit, and you load your own samples.

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Sequencing and mixdown

Jyoti Mishra

Instrument

Gajits Sequencer One

Verified

MIDI sequencer on an Atari ST that Mishra used like a tape recorder to play parts in.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Mix effects

Sony DTC-750

Reported

DAT machine used for the home digital mixdown.

Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. A digital recorder. Your DAW does this job, so no plugin is needed to stand in for it.

Sources

  1. Classic Tracks: White Town ‘Your Woman’, Sound On Sound, 2023-08. 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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