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What's in SZA's studio?

On All The Stars, engineer Matt Schaeffer's chain on SZA's vocals has been seen using Antares Auto-Tune 8, FabFilter Pro-Q 2, Waves De-Esser and Renaissance Compressor, UAD Pultec EQP-1A, 1176 and LA-2A plugins, Soundtoys MicroShift, and Waves H-Delay and Renaissance Reverb on the backing vocals.

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What plugins are on SZA's vocals?

On All The Stars, Matt Schaeffer's SZA vocal bus ran Waves Renaissance Compressor, UAD Pultec EQP-1A, 1176 and LA-2A, several Waves De-Essers, FabFilter Pro-Q 2 and Soundtoys MicroShift.

Does SZA use Auto-Tune?

Sound On Sound reports Antares Auto-Tune 8 on her vocal tracks for All The Stars.

What reverb is on SZA's vocals?

Waves Renaissance Reverb and H-Delay on the backing vocals, plus a D-Verb send, on All The Stars.

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SZA is the R&B singer-songwriter behind Ctrl, SOS and Lana. This guide covers the plugin chain engineer Matt Schaeffer put on her vocals for All The Stars with Kendrick Lamar.

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