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FLEA Microphones
FLEA 47“I use a beautiful Flea 47 or an AKG C12 to record her.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Her engineer Riccardo Damian told Sound On Sound he records Jorja Smith on a Flea 47 or an AKG C12, through a Neve 1084 preamp and a Tube-Tech CL-1B compressor, straight into Pro Tools. On 'Try Me' he worked with plugins like oeksound soothe2, Baby Audio TAIP, Soundtoys Radiator and FabFilter Pro-Q 3.
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“I use a beautiful Flea 47 or an AKG C12 to record her.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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“That goes into my Neve 1084 [preamp]”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Tube-Tech
CL 1B“and then into my Tube-Tech CL-1B [compressor]”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Avid
Pro Tools“and, on this record, straight to Pro Tools.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Her vocal recording chain
Seen using
FLEA Microphones
FLEA 47“I use a beautiful Flea 47 or an AKG C12 to record her.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
Seen using
“I use a beautiful Flea 47 or an AKG C12 to record her.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
Seen using
“That goes into my Neve 1084 [preamp]”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
Seen using
Tube-Tech
CL 1B“and then into my Tube-Tech CL-1B [compressor]”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Avid
Pro Tools“and, on this record, straight to Pro Tools.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
Mixing 'Try Me'
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oeksound
soothe2“I added the Oeksound Soothe 2 to the original wet audio”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Baby Audio
TAIPSeen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Universal Audio
Oxford SuprEsser DS“I also have three instances of the UAD Oxford SuprEsser to take out specific frequencies.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Soundtoys
Radiator“Then there's a Soundtoys Radiator adding the Altec tube sound”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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FabFilter
Pro-Q 3“There's also a FabFilter Pro-Q 3 EQ and a FabFilter Pro-DS.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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FabFilter
Pro-DS“There's also a FabFilter Pro-Q 3 EQ and a FabFilter Pro-DS.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Universal Audio
Teletronix LA-2A Leveler Collection“Other than the UAD LA-2A on the Verse 1 bus”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Soundtoys
MicroShift“delays, reverbs, [Soundtoys] MicroShift, and so on.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Soundtoys
EchoBoy“the Native Instruments Raum, Eventide H910 Harmonizer, Soundtoys EchoBoy”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Eventide
H910 Harmonizer plugin“the Native Instruments Raum, Eventide H910 Harmonizer, Soundtoys EchoBoy”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Native Instruments
Raum“the Native Instruments Raum, Eventide H910 Harmonizer, Soundtoys EchoBoy”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Arturia
Dist COLDFIRESeen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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XLN Audio
RC-20 Retro Color“the Dist Coldfire going into a [XLN Audio] Retro Colour RC20 and a Pro-Q 3.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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LiquidSonics
Seventh Heaven“a Bricasti room emulation from Liquidsonics Seventh Heaven.”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Inside Track, Jorja Smith 'Try Me', December 2023
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Amy Winehouse
Frank“Amy's 'Frank' is Jorja's favourite album of all time”
Said in DIY: Class of 2017, A class of her own: Jorja Smith, December 2016
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What microphone does Jorja Smith record with?
Engineer Riccardo Damian told Sound On Sound in 2023 that he records her vocals on a Flea 47 or an AKG C12, into a Neve 1084 preamp and a Tube-Tech CL-1B compressor, and on that record straight to Pro Tools.
What plugins were used on Jorja Smith's 'Try Me'?
Damian named oeksound soothe2, Baby Audio TAIP, three UAD Oxford SuprEssers, Soundtoys Radiator, FabFilter Pro-Q 3 and Pro-DS and a UAD LA-2A, plus Raum, the Eventide H910, EchoBoy, MicroShift, RC-20 and Seventh Heaven on effects.
Did Jorja Smith design a shoe with Clarks?
Yes. In October 2023 Clarks Originals released her take on the Desert Nomad, a suede mule with the heel cut away and Jorja Smith branded fobs.
What is Jorja Smith's favourite album?
DIY reported in 2016 that Amy Winehouse's Frank is her favourite album of all time. She told Complex that 'You Sent Me Flying', from that album, is her favourite Amy Winehouse song.
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Jorja Smith is the Walsall singer and songwriter behind Lost & Found and falling or flying. This guide covers the microphones, outboard and plugins her engineer Riccardo Damian described for recording her vocals and mixing 'Try Me', plus her Clarks Originals shoe and the album she calls her favourite.
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