Norah Jones – The Fall album cover

Norah Jones – The Fall

Album 2009

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2009 album The Fall.

Music from The Fall

Gear Used On The Fall

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Norah Jones – The Fall (2009). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Microphones used by Norah Jones on The Fall

Condenser Microphones

Neumann KMS 104 Plus Handheld Vocal Studio Condenser Microphone

Avg price: $722.16

Mentioned by production manager and FOH engineer Lee Moro in this August 1, 2007 Electronic Musician interview about the Not Too Late Tour. It can be seen in Jones' Live in Amsterdam concert movie from that tour starting at 0:23.

“Neumann makes a lot of sense for an artist like this,” acknowledges Moro. One key model is the Neumann KMS 104 vocal microphone. “I love the 104. Neumann has hit the spot with that one. The way they’ve changed the pattern from the 105 is working quite well for us. It sounds like a million bucks up there.”

Jones sings from three different locations onstage — from behind an acoustic piano, a Wurlitzer electric piano, and front-and-center with an electric guitar. “I have the 104 on two positions and one with a Neumann KMS 140,” Moro shares. “The 104s sound great, so we might switch that third mic to keep things consistent. Plus, it’s easy if we have a problem with any of them out on the road. It’s easier to find a 104 or 105 than a 140.”

Jones continued using the KMS 104 during the 2010 The Fall Tour, as stated by FOH engineer Brett Dicus in this January 26, 2010 Music Gear Review interview.

To convey that indescribable quality, FOH engineer Brett Dicus continues to rely on a Neumann KMS 104 cardioid or 105 super cardioid microphone, with a backline of Sennheiser Evolution wired microphones and wireless personal monitors for her band.

Brett Dicus uses the microphones to deliver a sound that is as close to studio quality as possible. With Jones' natural airy and sibilant voice, he needs the microphone to have the most life-like and natural high-end possible. "Bother microphones deliver the signature Neumann studio sound with the robust handling required for a live performance" Dicus said of the KMS 104 and 105. "Above all else, the most critical sound reinforcement tool that we bring with us to every date is Norah's Neumann vocal microphone."

Norah has been using a Neumann microphone or capsule with Sennheiser Wireless RF transmitters for almost her entire touring career, a career that spans four albums and most of the globe. Dicus returned to KS 105's from a brief stint using Shure SM 58's "because that was all that was available for a little while." Norah used KMS 105's all the way back on her "Come Away with Me" tour for their high-gain and clean sound to amplify Jones' quiet vocals. Now they're making use of that gain with Jones' new, grittier sound. Gritty, here, is a loose term, as the record itself sounds perfectly clean, but there's that hint of dirt that makes me feel like I'm listening to an old 45 with a just slightly overdriven old Neve board. It's really a great new sound with the same equipment that shows some creativity on her team's part.

Another The Fall Tour mention by Dicus of the KMS 104 can be found in this February 2, 2010 Front of House Magazine interview.

Depending on the acoustical circumstances, Jones sings into a Neumann KMS 104 cardioid or a KMS 105 super-cardioid. Both microphones deliver the Neumann studio sound with the handling required for a live performance. "Above all else, the most critical sound reinforcement tool that we bring with us to every date is Norah's Neumann vocal microphone," said Dicus. "She's been using some variant of a Neumann microphone or a Neumann capsule with a Sennheiser RF transmitter for almost all of her touring career. On those rare occasions where we're asked to use something else, we miss the studio-quality high-end and lifelike sibilance that we get ‘out of the box' with the KMS 104/105."

Yet another The Fall Tour mention can be found in this July 9, 2010 Mix Online article.

Vocal mic is a Neumann KMS104.

Condenser Microphones

Placid Audio Copperphone

Avg price: $316.67

Used for vocals on The Fall (in tandem with a Telefunken Ela 250), as stated in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens and as featured in this January 5, 2015 video by Placid Audio.

Demos for The Fall began at Jones’ Manhattan home studio in May 2008, with engineer Tom Schick manning her custom Neve console (with 1073 modules), Otari 2-inch 24-track MTR- 90, and a sumptuous collection of vintage tube mics (Neumann M 49, U 47, and Telefunken ELA M 250).

(...) [Jones:] I love the M 49 and I also used a Telefunken ELA M 250 on my third record [2007’s Not Too Late]. It depends on the type of song and the way I am singing for which one sounds better. I love the 49 ’cause it gets all the grit and warmth, but sometimes it can sound a little too muffled if I am singing a certain way. Then the 250 gives some nice high end and a lot of air. And I like to be close to the mic to catch all the nuances.

(...) [King:] And Norah has an ELA M 250 mic and a U 47; then we chose the 250 paired with a Placid Audio Copperphone. It’s basically an old pay phone telephone voice element in a custom copper enclosure. I put that right next to the 250. It has a very frequency limited, old time gritty, edgy sound and gave the vocal a little more texture. Sometimes I leaned heavier on background vocals to give them a different texture and separate it from the lead vocal.

Condenser Microphones

Telefunken ELA M 251

Avg price: $13,493.75

Owned by Jones and used for vocals on The Fall, as stated in this December 1, 2009 Mix Online interview with producer Jacquire King and his assistant Brad Bivens.

Among the mics King and Bivens used on the sessions in both studios were a Neumann 47 on the bass amp, Telefunken Ela M 251 and Placid Audio Copperphone (Jones' personal microphones) on vocals, and Sennheiser 409 and Neumann 67 on the guitar amps; drum mics included a Coles 438, Sennheiser 421 on the kick, Royer SF-7, Neumann 67s and Altec 633-A.

Condenser Microphones

Neumann KMS 105 Wireless Microphone

Avg price: $737.56

Used for live vocals since the Come Away With Me Tour. It is mentioned by production manager and FOH engineer Lee Moro in this October 1, 2002 Mix Online interview.

Norah Jones' two vocal mics — she sings a few songs at a Wurlitzer electric piano — are Neumann KMS 105s. “A 58 will always work, but once I got a little bit of money in the budget, I got the Neumanns,” says Moro. “I didn't have them in Europe, but I decided I really needed them.”

The KMS 105 is also mentioned by Moro in this August 1, 2007 Electronic Musician interview about the Not Too Late Tour, specifying a wireless model and its reduced use since the addition of a Sennheiser RF system.

“We still have high praise for the wireless KMS 105, although we’re not using it as much because there’s not as much movement,” says Moro. That’s mainly because, unlike previous tours, Jones rarely has her hands free. “Norah plays guitar a lot on this tour, and the backup singer, Daru Odo, is also playing bass when Lee Alexander, the bass player, is playing guitar. So we put everybody on Sennheiser wireless instrument systems, which makes things a lot easier.”

Jones continued using the KMS 105 during the 2010 The Fall Tour, as stated by FOH engineer Brett Dicus in this January 26, 2010 Music Gear Review interview.

To convey that indescribable quality, FOH engineer Brett Dicus continues to rely on a Neumann KMS 104 cardioid or 105 super cardioid microphone, with a backline of Sennheiser Evolution wired microphones and wireless personal monitors for her band.

Brett Dicus uses the microphones to deliver a sound that is as close to studio quality as possible. With Jones' natural airy and sibilant voice, he needs the microphone to have the most life-like and natural high-end possible. "Bother microphones deliver the signature Neumann studio sound with the robust handling required for a live performance" Dicus said of the KMS 104 and 105. "Above all else, the most critical sound reinforcement tool that we bring with us to every date is Norah's Neumann vocal microphone."

Norah has been using a Neumann microphone or capsule with Sennheiser Wireless RF transmitters for almost her entire touring career, a career that spans four albums and most of the globe. Dicus returned to KS 105's from a brief stint using Shure SM 58's "because that was all that was available for a little while." Norah used KMS 105's all the way back on her "Come Away with Me" tour for their high-gain and clean sound to amplify Jones' quiet vocals. Now they're making use of that gain with Jones' new, grittier sound. Gritty, here, is a loose term, as the record itself sounds perfectly clean, but there's that hint of dirt that makes me feel like I'm listening to an old 45 with a just slightly overdriven old Neve board. It's really a great new sound with the same equipment that shows some creativity on her team's part.

Another The Fall Tour mention by Dicus of the KMS 105 can be found in this February 2, 2010 Front of House Magazine interview.

Depending on the acoustical circumstances, Jones sings into a Neumann KMS 104 cardioid or a KMS 105 super-cardioid. Both microphones deliver the Neumann studio sound with the handling required for a live performance. "Above all else, the most critical sound reinforcement tool that we bring with us to every date is Norah's Neumann vocal microphone," said Dicus. "She's been using some variant of a Neumann microphone or a Neumann capsule with a Sennheiser RF transmitter for almost all of her touring career. On those rare occasions where we're asked to use something else, we miss the studio-quality high-end and lifelike sibilance that we get ‘out of the box' with the KMS 104/105."

Condenser Microphones

Neumann TLM 103

Avg price: $1,152.27

Used for the piano on the Not Too Late Tour, as stated by production manager and FOH engineer Lee Moro in this August 1, 2007 Electronic Musician interview.

On this tour, which mainly takes in theaters plus a few amphitheaters such as Denver’s Red Rocks, there has also been a slight change to the acoustic piano setup, according to Moro. “We had three KM 100s with the AK 40 capsules last time. Now we’ve taken the middle one and put a TLM 103 in there. It’s the hugest of large diaphragms and gives a bigger overall sound. I’ve become a big fan of the 103. They’re stupendous and pick up everything really nicely.”

It was also used on the The Fall Tour for the closing jams (for which Jones played guitar), Jones' Wurlitzer 200A and her guitar amp, as stated by FOH engineer Brett Dicus and tech Kelly Macauly, respectively, in this July 9, 2010 Mix Online interview.

Four members of the band do a little jam at the end of the show surrounding a Neumann TLM103 mic. Dicus has a Waves Q10 inserted on the channel, as well as the strip EQ to help eliminate feedback and then to contour the tone. (...) According to tech Kelly Macaulay, Jones also plays a Wurlitzer 200 that is run through a Sans Amp Classic to get the overdriven sound into a Keeley-modified Ibanez analog delay pedal into her Vox Pathfinder 15R amp. (...) Jones uses two Vox Pathfinder 15R amps: one at the guitar position (miked with a TLM103) and the other at the Wurlitzer position amp (Shure KSM32). These are mounted to the amp with a custom Audio Analysts Z-bar.

Condenser Microphones

Telefunken Ela M 250

Used for vocals on Not Too Late and The Fall (in tandem with a Placid Audio Copperphone for the latter), as stated in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

Demos for The Fall began at Jones’ Manhattan home studio in May 2008, with engineer Tom Schick manning her custom Neve console (with 1073 modules), Otari 2-inch 24-track MTR- 90, and a sumptuous collection of vintage tube mics (Neumann M 49, U 47, and Telefunken ELA M 250).

(...) [Jones:] I love the M 49 and I also used a Telefunken ELA M 250 on my third record [2007’s Not Too Late]. It depends on the type of song and the way I am singing for which one sounds better. I love the 49 ’cause it gets all the grit and warmth, but sometimes it can sound a little too muffled if I am singing a certain way. Then the 250 gives some nice high end and a lot of air. And I like to be close to the mic to catch all the nuances.

(...) [King:] And Norah has an ELA M 250 mic and a U 47; then we chose the 250 paired with a Placid Audio Copperphone. It’s basically an old pay phone telephone voice element in a custom copper enclosure. I put that right next to the 250. It has a very frequency limited, old time gritty, edgy sound and gave the vocal a little more texture. Sometimes I leaned heavier on background vocals to give them a different texture and separate it from the lead vocal.

Condenser Microphones

Neumann U47

Avg price: $16,111.00

Part of Jones' home studio, as stated in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens about The Fall.

Demos for The Fall began at Jones’ Manhattan home studio in May 2008, with engineer Tom Schick manning her custom Neve console (with 1073 modules), Otari 2-inch 24-track MTR- 90, and a sumptuous collection of vintage tube mics (Neumann M 49, U 47, and Telefunken ELA M 250).

(...) [King:] And Norah has an ELA M 250 mic and a U 47; then we chose the 250 paired with a Placid Audio Copperphone.

Condenser Microphones

Neumann U67

Avg price: $7,209.28

Used on Jones' piano for The Fall, as stated by assistant engineer Brad Bivens in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacques King and Bivens.

When tracking vocals live with the band, how do you adapt?

We knew what Norah was singing at any given time would potentially be on the record. We made sure she was isolated from the group. At The Magic Shop she was in the live room with half the musicians, but their amps were isolated. When she played piano [recorded with Neumann U 69 and U 67, Soundelux E49, and Neumann M 582 mics], we covered it with packing blankets to isolate her mic piano mic. Getting levels set beforehand was important, and Norah works very quickly. We were ready if anything went wrong, and we had backup scenarios.

Condenser Microphones

Neumann USM 69 i

Avg price: $6,298.86

Used on Jones' piano for The Fall, as stated by assistant engineer Brad Bivens in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacques King and Bivens.

When tracking vocals live with the band, how do you adapt?

We knew what Norah was singing at any given time would potentially be on the record. We made sure she was isolated from the group. At The Magic Shop she was in the live room with half the musicians, but their amps were isolated. When she played piano [recorded with Neumann U 69 and U 67, Soundelux E49, and Neumann M 582 mics], we covered it with packing blankets to isolate her mic piano mic. Getting levels set beforehand was important, and Norah works very quickly. We were ready if anything went wrong, and we had backup scenarios.

Condenser Microphones

Soundelux e49

Used on Jones' piano for The Fall, as stated by assistant engineer Brad Bivens in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacques King and Bivens.

When tracking vocals live with the band, how do you adapt?

We knew what Norah was singing at any given time would potentially be on the record. We made sure she was isolated from the group. At The Magic Shop she was in the live room with half the musicians, but their amps were isolated. When she played piano [recorded with Neumann U 69 and U 67, Soundelux E49, and Neumann M 582 mics], we covered it with packing blankets to isolate her mic piano mic. Getting levels set beforehand was important, and Norah works very quickly. We were ready if anything went wrong, and we had backup scenarios.

Condenser Microphones

Shure KSM32

Avg price: $652.62

Used for Jones' Wurlitzer 200A during the The Fall Tour, as stated by tech Kelly Macauly in this July 9, 2010 Mix Online interview.

According to tech Kelly Macaulay, Jones also plays a Wurlitzer 200 that is run through a Sans Amp Classic to get the overdriven sound into a Keeley-modified Ibanez analog delay pedal into her Vox Pathfinder 15R amp. (...) Jones uses two Vox Pathfinder 15R amps: one at the guitar position (miked with a TLM103) and the other at the Wurlitzer position amp (Shure KSM32). These are mounted to the amp with a custom Audio Analysts Z-bar.

Studio Gear used by Norah Jones on The Fall

Preamps

Universal Audio 2-610

Avg price: $1,550.00

Used for Jones' Wurlitzer organ on "Feelin' the Same Way" and the background vocals on Come Away With Me, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this Universal Audio interview.

The 2-610 I used pretty extensively once we got back to her place for bass and Wurlitzer. I did some background vocals with it.

The 2-160 was later used for the "Wurlitzer, guitars, and bass" on The Fall, as stated by King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, King and his assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

The only thing I brought along was the Universal Audio 2-610. [“And the Massenburg MDW Hi-Res Parametric EQ to add extra fluidity to every channel,” Brad Bivens adds.] The Magic Shop and Sunset Sound have wonderful Neve desks and lots of outboard gear, and Norah has wonderful microphones. So instead of carting things around, I just brought guitar pedals undefined, speakers, and the 2-610, which is a tube mic pre with EQ. It was used for Wurlitzer, guitars, and bass. The vocals were recorded through a Neve 1073 module.

Preamps

AMS Neve 1073

Avg price: $3,925.63

Used for vocals on The Fall and part of Jones' custom Neve console, as stated in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King and his assistant engineer Brad Bivens. It is King who mentions that "[t]he vocals were recorded through a Neve 1073 module."

Demos for The Fall began at Jones’ Manhattan home studio in May 2008, with engineer Tom Schick manning her custom Neve console (with 1073 modules), Otari 2-inch 24-track MTR- 90, and a sumptuous collection of vintage tube mics (Neumann M 49, U 47, and Telefunken ELA M 250). (...) Recording in mid-2009 at New York’s The Magic Shop, Studio A (Neve 80 Series console with 1079 modules to 16-track Studer A827 2-inch 24-track to Pro Tools|HD3) and L.A.’s Sunset Sound, Studio 2 (Neve 8088 with 1073 preamps and EQs to Studer A827 2-inch 24-track to Pro Tools), Jones and King adopted a quasi Steely Dan approach, often recording the same song with different groups, then cherry-picking the best performances.

Software Plugins and VSTs used by Norah Jones on The Fall

Reverb Plugins

Universal Audio EMT® 250 Classic Electronic Reverb Plug-In

Used extensively on The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this Universal Audio interview.

And the EMT 250 is amazing. That's one of my favorite digital reverbs. It’s all over Norah's record, on all of the songs, I used the EMT 250 reverb plug.

EQ Plugins

Avid Massenburg DesignWorks MDW Hi-Res Parametric EQ 3.0 Plugin

Used on The Fall, as stated by assistant engineer Brad Bivens in an editor's note in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King (whose words the editor's note intersects) and Bivens. At the time, 3.0 was the latest version of the software.

The only thing I brought along was the Universal Audio 2-610. [“And the Massenburg MDW Hi-Res Parametric EQ to add extra fluidity to every channel,” Brad Bivens adds.]

Reverb Plugins

Audio Ease Altiverb 7

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

Delay Plugins

Soundtoys EchoBoy Analog Echo Processor

Avg price: $197.80

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

Reverb Plugins

Universal Audio EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator Plugin

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

Delay Plugins

Universal Audio Cooper Time Cube MKII

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

In this Universal Audio interview with King, it is specified that the Time Cube was, in fact, the plugin, as opposed to the original analog unit he used on Kings of Leon's Only by the Night.

What's really exciting about the UA stuff is, for instance, I hadn't used the UA plug-ins when I was making the [Kings of Leon] Only by the Night record, but I was using a Cooper Time Cube. When I'm in those situations, I get something set up on the console, and then when I do my transfer from the 2", I also transfer the effects that I've set up. Like if I put a Cooper Time Cube on a guitar track, I'll transfer that in. For the last couple of records, these plug-ins are so good that now I don't have to have those things either rented, or set up, and printed in. I'm using the plug-in.

Guitars used by Norah Jones on The Fall

Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Gibson ES-335

Avg price: $3,499.00

Used on The Fall, as stated by Jones in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview.

This time I thought more about what I wanted sonically. On my other records, I would just go to the studio and play, mostly on acoustic instruments with an occasional electric guitar or Wurlitzer. But this time I wanted the sonic landscape to be a specific thing. I wanted heavier drum grooves, and to experiment with keyboards and have weirder sounds weaving through the background. I play more guitar [a Gibson ES-335 and 1960s Guild archtop] and I wanted the backgrounds to be dirtier than anything I’d done before.

Studio Equipment used by Norah Jones on The Fall

Analog

Studer A 827

Avg price: $10,449.86

Used to record The Fall, as stated in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King and his assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

Recording in mid-2009 at New York’s The Magic Shop, Studio A (Neve 80 Series console with 1079 modules to 16-track Studer A827 2-inch 24-track to Pro Tools|HD3) and L.A.’s Sunset Sound, Studio 2 (Neve 8088 with 1073 preamps and EQs to Studer A827 2-inch 24-track to Pro Tools), Jones and King adopted a quasi Steely Dan approach, often recording the same song with different groups, then cherry-picking the best performances.

Analog

Otari MTR-90

Avg price: $6,995.00

Part of Jones' home studio, as stated in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens about The Fall.

Demos for The Fall began at Jones’ Manhattan home studio in May 2008, with engineer Tom Schick manning her custom Neve console (with 1073 modules), Otari 2-inch 24-track MTR- 90, and a sumptuous collection of vintage tube mics (Neumann M 49, U 47, and Telefunken ELA M 250).

Audio Interfaces

Digidesign Pro Tools HD3

Avg price: $320.00

Used to record The Fall, as stated in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, producer Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

Recording in mid-2009 at New York’s The Magic Shop, Studio A (Neve 80 Series console with 1079 modules to 16-track Studer A827 2-inch 24-track to Pro Tools|HD3) and L.A.’s Sunset Sound, Studio 2 (Neve 8088 with 1073 preamps and EQs to Studer A827 2-inch 24-track to Pro Tools), Jones and King adopted a quasi Steely Dan approach, often recording the same song with different groups, then cherry-picking the best performances.

Effects Processors

EMT 140 Plate

Avg price: $79.00

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

Effects Processors

Eventide H3000 Ultra Harmonizer Effects Processor

Avg price: $3,463.04

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

Effects Processors

Marshall AR-300 Tape Eliminator

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

Effects Processors

Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo

Avg price: $1,710.00

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

An RE-501 can be seen in the far right of this photo of King's LBT studio from this June 28, 2018 Mix Online interview.

Effects Pedals used by Norah Jones on The Fall

Delay Effects Pedals

Keeley Modded Ibanez AD9 Analog Delay with True Bypass

Avg price: $165.00

Used on Jones' vocals for The Fall, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this February 1, 2010 Electronic Musician interview with Jones, Jacquire King and assistant engineer Brad Bivens.

She was into adding delay on her voice, trying not to just make it pretty with reverb. The delays were both analog and plug-in. I use Audio Ease Altiverb, SoundToys EchoBoy delay, some of the UA plug-ins—they have a nice EMT 140 emulation—and the Cooper Time Cube Delay. We used The Magic Shop’s Marshall Tape Eliminator AR-300, a tape slap simulator. And Norah had an old Ibanez analog delay. We used a Roland Chorus Echo and EMT 140 plate reverbs, too. Sometimes I will use an Eventide H3000 for harmonic delay effects, and as I get them going I will print them in Pro Tools with the transfer from analog.

It was also used on the album's respective tour, albeit for Jones' Wurlitzer 200A, as stated by tech Kelly Macaulay {who specifies the Keely mod) and keyboard, guitar and drum tech Futz in this July 9, 2010 Mix Online article.

According to tech Kelly Macaulay, Jones also plays a Wurlitzer 200 that is run through a Sans Amp Classic to get the overdriven sound into a Keeley-modified Ibanez analog delay pedal into her Vox Pathfinder 15R amp. (...) “We also have a stock ’70s Wurlitzer 200A electric piano going through a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver (for extra crunch) and an Ibanez AD-9 analog delay before going to the bass input of the Fender Bassman,” says Futz.

It is also visible in this photo from this February 2, 2010 Front of House Magazine article and this 2010 live performance.

Distortion Effects Pedals

Tech 21 SansAmp Classic

Avg price: $317.33

Used for Jones' Wurlitzer 200A during the The Fall Tour, as stated by tech Kelly Macauly in this July 9, 2010 Mix Online interview.

According to tech Kelly Macaulay, Jones also plays a Wurlitzer 200 that is run through a Sans Amp Classic to get the overdriven sound into a Keeley-modified Ibanez analog delay pedal into her Vox Pathfinder 15R amp.

Overdrive Effects Pedals

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

Avg price: $101.40

Used for Jones' Wurlitzer 200A on the The Fall Tour, as mentioned by keyboard, guitar and drum tech Futz in this July 9, 2010 Mix Online interview.

“We also have a stock ’70s Wurlitzer 200A electric piano going through a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver (for extra crunch) and an Ibanez AD-9 analog delay before going to the bass input of the Fender Bassman,” says Futz.

It is also visible in this photo from this February 2, 2010 Front of House Magazine article and this 2010 live performance.

Amplifiers used by Norah Jones on The Fall

Combo Guitar Amplifiers

Fender 'Narrow Panel Tweed' Bassman 5F6 (1958-1960)

Avg price: $1,849.15

Used for Jones' Wurlitzer 200A on the The Fall Tour, as mentioned by keyboard, guitar and drum tech Futz in this July 9, 2010 Mix Online interview.

“We also have a stock ’70s Wurlitzer 200A electric piano going through a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver (for extra crunch) and an Ibanez AD-9 analog delay before going to the bass input of the Fender Bassman,” says Futz.