What's in Redlight's studio?
Redlight has said the sound of his album X Colour came from an Eventide Harmonizer, an SSL Bus Compressor and a Neve tape emulator, with an Apogee Symphony I/O interface, an Empirical Labs Fatso and a Pultec EQ in the chain. He ran his kicks and percussion through tape machines, desks and compressors.
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What studio gear Redlight uses: a sourced gear guide
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About Redlight's gear.
What audio interface does Redlight use?
Redlight's outboard for the X Colour album included an Apogee Symphony I/O, according to his 2015 Track By Track feature with Attack Magazine.
What outboard gear does Redlight use?
He has said his Eventide Harmonizer, SSL Bus Compressor and Neve tape emulator were the most important pieces for the X Colour sound, alongside an Empirical Labs Fatso and a Pultec EQ.
How does Redlight process his drums?
He told Attack Magazine the album was built on wide percussion and heavy kick drums run through tape machines with the top end rolled off, then through desks, outboard, tape simulators and compressors.
Redlight is the house and garage alias of London producer Hugh Pescod, who also makes drum and bass as Clipz. This guide covers the outboard and interface he named while talking through his album X Colour.
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