Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor's Version) album cover

Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Album 2023

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2023 album Speak Now (Taylor's Version).

Music from Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Gear Used On Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Studio Gear used by Taylor Swift on Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Preamps

MartinSound Martech MSS-10

Avg price: $4,750.00

Nathan Chapman stated, "I recorded Taylor's voice with an Avantone CV12, which I also used on Fearless, going into a Martech MSS10 mic pre, and then a Tube-Tech CL1B compressor." This confirms that the MartinSound Martech MSS-10 was used in the recording of Taylor Swift's vocals for the album "Speak Now," as detailed in the article from Sound On Sound titled "Taylor Swift Speak Now."

Studio Equipment used by Taylor Swift on Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Effects Processors

TUBE-TECH CL-1B

Avg price: $4,578.99

According to Sound On Sound, Nathan Chapman recorded Taylor Swift's vocals for the album "Speak Now" using a setup that included an Avantone CV12 microphone connected to a Martech MSS10 mic preamp, followed by a TUBE-TECH CL-1B compressor.

Microphones used by Taylor Swift on Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Condenser Microphones

Neumann KM-54

Avg price: $4,084.00

Taylor Swift used the Neumann KM-54 microphone to record the guitars for her album "Speak Now," as confirmed by Nathan Chapman, one of the producers on the album. Chapman stated, "For acoustic guitar I use a Neumann KM-54, going into an API 512 preamp, going into a [Empirical Labs] Distressor," as reported by Sound On Sound.