Regarding Joshua Tree album and wasting time on digital...
"Some of the gear I can remember using was as follows:
Vox other than Trip tru' was always a Shure 58, Danny had a very tempremenal Sony mic (can't remember model no.,) that was used on Trip Tru' Oh and maybe one of my Beyer M88's on another song but I can't remember which one.
also Danny had a magical patch lead that he had since peter gabriel's sledgehamer days,
wich if used to make a split of the vocal and then mixed back in with the original would give a wonderful brightness to the vocal that couldn't be achieved by EQ! I thought it was just an out of phase lead at first so I tried to make one of my own but It didn't work the same way...so it was truly a magical lead.
Reverbs and delays were as you mentioned plus a load of SPX 90's a Lexicon 224XL(larc) an a couple os Korg SD3000 delay units (which I loved) also at windmill lane there was an Old sony Digital Reverb unit which was beautiful sounding. Also we used one of the rooms in Edges house as a real echo chamber which had speakers fed from a desk Aux and a couple of ambient mikes returning back to the desk.
Consoul was an SSL at windmill lane and An Amek 2500 used at Adam's and Edge's houses.
Tape machines were OTARI MTR90's using Telcom noise reduction.
Compressors.. the usual collection of 1176's and I think some DBX 160's and for mixing Sumit loaned us both a compressor and an EQ which I used exclusevly on Bono's vocal.
Monitors I brought my own AR18's which I used for tracking at Adam's and mixing at Edges.I still use this exact set today...... at windmill NS10's were in use. That's what I can remember off the top of my head..
Cheers
Dave Meegan"
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/36523-joshua-tree.html
"Some of the gear I can remember using was as follows:
Vox other than Trip tru' was always a Shure 58, Danny had a very tempremenal Sony mic (can't remember model no.,) that was used on Trip Tru' Oh and maybe one of my Beyer M88's on another song but I can't remember which one.
also Danny had a magical patch lead that he had since peter gabriel's sledgehamer days,
wich if used to make a split of the vocal and then mixed back in with the original would give a wonderful brightness to the vocal that couldn't be achieved by EQ! I thought it was just an out of phase lead at first so I tried to make one of my own but It didn't work the same way...so it was truly a magical lead.
Reverbs and delays were as you mentioned plus a load of SPX 90's a Lexicon 224XL(larc) an a couple os Korg SD3000 delay units (which I loved) also at windmill lane there was an Old sony Digital Reverb unit which was beautiful sounding. Also we used one of the rooms in Edges house as a real echo chamber which had speakers fed from a desk Aux and a couple of ambient mikes returning back to the desk.
Consoul was an SSL at windmill lane and An Amek 2500 used at Adam's and Edge's houses.
Tape machines were OTARI MTR90's using Telcom noise reduction.
Compressors.. the usual collection of 1176's and I think some DBX 160's and for mixing Sumit loaned us both a compressor and an EQ which I used exclusevly on Bono's vocal.
Monitors I brought my own AR18's which I used for tracking at Adam's and mixing at Edges.I still use this exact set today...... at windmill NS10's were in use. That's what I can remember off the top of my head..
Cheers
Dave Meegan"
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/36523-joshua-tree.html