Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga – Rain On Me (with Ariana Grande)

In an August 2020 article with "Sound On Sound" Gaga's mix Engineers Benjamin Rice and Tom Norris Confirm her vocal chain used consistently in her music: "I have been using the same chain on LG for years, which starts with her personal, vintage Neumann U47, which I think is 60 years old now, and that has a great sound. We're used to it, and she loves singing into it. That goes into her vintage Neve 1073 mic pre, and then into a Tube-Tech CL-1B compressor, and straight into Pro Tools. It doesn't matter where we are, whether it's a studio, or at her house, or on a bus, I travel with this chain and record her with it. It makes it easier for me to punch in and out and combine takes from different days and places.

Lady Gaga uses the Alesis 3630 Dual-Channel Compressor/Limiter with Gate. According to her engineer, "I brought in my Alesis 3630 compressor, which is a total piece of crap, but it really has a sound to it. It’s this $50 compressor that they use in churches. It was used on at least the first two Daft Punk records. That made its way into the more melodic pieces of songs like ‘Rain on Me,’ which has a ‘Stardust’ vibe" during the production of her album Chromatica (Mixing Lady Gaga - Mixonline by Lily Moayeri).

Lady Gaga uses the oeksound spiff transient shaper in her music production. As stated by her engineer, "A lot of mixing the drums was just about level adjustment. On the drum bus I had the Plugin Alliance Black Box, the Slate Digital FG-X, and Oeksound's Spiff transient shaper. I also used the Ableton EQ8" (Soundonsound, Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me').

Lady Gaga uses the Kush Audio AR-1 Vintage Mu Compressor as confirmed by her engineer, who stated, "On the bass group, I have FabFilter Pro‑Q 3 on dynamic mode to reduce 70Hz a bit, and I used the Kush Audio AR-1 compressor to even out the signal. For the most part, the song has live instruments, including guitar, that are augmented by synths." This information is sourced from the article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'" by Soundonsound.

Lady Gaga uses Slate Digital Fresh Air, as confirmed by her engineer: "I used the DJM filter during the pre-chorus to filter everything into the chorus. I also used a plug-in that I've been working on called Fresh AIR. I started developing this and another plug-in while at Henson just to get back into C++ programming. Fresh AIR is a brightening EQ, and it was really handy in adding smooth top end to parts that felt too dark." (Source: Soundonsound, Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me')

Lady Gaga uses the Xfer Records DJMFilter, as confirmed by her engineer who stated, "I used the DJM filter during the pre-chorus to filter everything into the chorus." This information is sourced from the article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'" on Soundonsound.

Lady Gaga uses Waves CLA Vocals, as confirmed by her engineer in Sound on Sound's article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'," where he stated, "The keyboards also have Fresh AIR, FabFilter Pro‑MB, and Waves RVox on the Omnisphere piano that I added in the drop. I used Waves CLA Vocals on the high strings, with everything off besides stereo widening."

Lady Gaga uses the Soundtoys MicroShift plugin, as confirmed by her engineer who stated, "I have the Oeksound Soothe and Soundtoys MicroShift on those to widen things a bit," in the Sound on Sound article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'."

Lady Gaga uses the A/DA Flanger, as confirmed by her engineer who stated, "I have a second drum bus, which has an A/DA flanger and some filters which Burns and I added later on to add an effect in the pre-chorus." This information was provided in the article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'" by Soundonsound.