Culture Club – From Luxury To Heartache
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1986 album From Luxury To Heartache.
Music from From Luxury To Heartache
Artists on From Luxury To Heartache
Gear Used On From Luxury To Heartache
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Culture Club – From Luxury To Heartache (1986). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Steve Levine
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Studio Equipment used by Steve Levine on From Luxury To Heartache
"When we made the original albums, the first album Kissing To Be Clever was made only with vinyl in mind, there was no such thing as CD. It was recorded on analogue 24-track, and as half-inch was only just starting to be used, the majority was mixed onto quarter-inch. The second album was recorded 48-track on analogue, and mixed onto Sony PCM F1 [an early stereo digital recorder based around a Betamax video transport]. I did mix some of it on half-inch, but actually the F1 at the time was superior as the format was new, and that was my only master. I immediately transferred it digitally to Sony 1610 [a professional and very expensive early stereo digital recording and editing system based around a U-matic video transport] at Advision Studios, one of the only places to offer that service at the time, and having listened to the tapes again, the F1/1610 master still sounds superior. The third album was recorded digitally throughout, using a 24-track Sony 3324 digital machine, and mixed onto 1610."
