Ed Sheeran – +
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2011 album +.
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Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Ed Sheeran – + (2011). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Microphones used by Ed Sheeran on +
sE Electronics sE4400a Condenser Microphone
Avg price: $562.10
The accompanying photo (from a Sound On Sound article from January 2012) shows the microphone that was used to record Ed Sheeran's guitars on his + album. The sE Electronics sE4400a Condenser Microphone was the mic of choice used to capture Sheeran's guitars by producer and co-writer Jake Gosling, at Gosling's Sticky Studios.
In the article, Gosling says, "I did a lot of the guitars using a pair of SE 4400as. The main vocals pretty much were all done on the SE Z3300a, but I've just got a new Telefunken U47, which is lovely."
The original source article can be found here.
sE Electronics Z3300A Multi-Pattern Studio Condenser Microphone
Avg price: $250.97
In this video of Ed Sheeran performing his song "You Need Me, I Don't Need You," his vocals are being recorded by the sE Electronics Z3300A Multi-Pattern Studio Condenser Microphone. A great closeup of the mic can be seen at the 1:15 mark.
Sheeran's producer Jake Gosling has also used the Z3300A to record Ed in the studio. In a Sound On Sound interview from January 2012, Gosling says, "The main vocals pretty much were all done on the SE Z3300a" (referring to the vocals for Sheeran's + album). Other sources mention the Z3300A was also used on the recording of Ed's album Collaboration No.5.
Studio Equipment used by Ed Sheeran on +
Zoom H4n Handy Portable Digital Recorder
Avg price: $187.32
Ed plays an acoustic version of 'Small Bump'... on a boat!
The Zoom H4n can record up to 4 track, the old version has been discontinued, the new version is called Zoom H4n pro.
The handy recorder can be seen 1:44 into this video
