Pink Floyd – Money (Early Mix)
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2020 single Money (Early Mix).
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Gear Used On Money (Early Mix)
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Pink Floyd – Money (Early Mix) (2020). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
David Gilmour
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Studio Equipment used by David Gilmour on Money (Early Mix)
Allison Research Kepex Keyable Program Expander
Used for the tremolo on "Money", as stated in this March 9, 2012 Premier Guitar article and interview with Dark Side of the Moon sound engineer Alan Parsons. The use of the Kepex has also been supported by the research of Gilmour scholar Kit Rae, who states the following in this page from the David Gilmour Tone Building section of his website.
Gilmour used a similar gated tremolo effect for the sustained chords in the verse sections of Money, using the noise gate from an Allison Research Kepex (Keyable Program Expander) studio module, modulated with an external sine wave generator (according to engineer Alan Parsons).
The presence of the Kepex at Abbey Road, where Dark Side was recorded, is confirmed by Parsons in this June 1998 interview with Media&Marketing. Parsons states that the "heart beat" in "Speak to Me" was a bass drum gated by the Kepex.
The opening [heart beat] was just a gated bass drum. Kepex noise gates or expanders were quite a new technology at the time. It actually explains a lot about the sound of the album, since the Kepex had a sound of its own.
