Don Was – Groove In The Face Of Adversity
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2025 album Groove In The Face Of Adversity.
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Gear Used On Groove In The Face Of Adversity
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Don Was – Groove In The Face Of Adversity (2025). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Microphones used by Don Was on Groove In The Face Of Adversity
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Used to record Was' bass on Benmont Tench's You Should Be So Lucky, as visible in this Twitter post by Tench.
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Don Was on Groove In The Face Of Adversity
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Don Was has two recording studios. One is a 24‑track demo studio in his home in Beverley Hills, the other a larger, professional studio in a house adjacent to his residence. Was wrote the music and arrangements for Forever's A Long, Long Time in his demo studio, which comprises, he said, "a Mackie console, with a Tascam DA88 and a bunch of keyboards and samplers. The synth I use most is the Roland JX8P, but I also have an Oberheim OBX8, a Sequential Prophet 5, a Roland JD800, a MIDI Hammond organ, and an Emu Proteus World module. My master keyboard is a Roland RD1000, which Elton John bought for me. When I worked with him he used it himself as a piano. It had wooden keys and felt great when I tried it out. He noticed I liked it — and the next day one turned up in my garage! I also have some Akai samplers, S3000s, and an older Roland S550 sampler. I have a Kurzweil MicroPiano, which is a little half‑rack box with 30 piano sounds and a couple of string patches. It sounds great; better than any grand piano I can record, unless you're doing serious classical stuff."
