David Gray

David Gray: A Biography - Google Books Result https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0857120522 Michael Heatley - 2009 - ?Music

Babylon's bass line, taken off a Roland MC303 groovebox, was also simplified in the verse, allowing a shift from rhythm to melody. “It becomes more light-hearted,” explained engineer Polson, adding “It's nice to have some musical relief after the chorus has been banging away.” If old-time David Gray fans were looking for a ..

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https://www.mixonline.com/recording/david-gray-375552 The “drawing board” consisted of Gray's electric and acoustic guitars (Martin, Lauden and Gibson), an Electro-Voice D257 microphone, a 4-track, an Akai S3000 sampler and a Roland Groovebox synth. (“About half the sounds on the album come from the Groovebox,” Gray explains.) Without a recording contract or a proper studio, Gray and his drummer and sometime bassist Clune began “messing around,” without any intention of making an album. “I was writing a lot of stuff, all kind of miserable, trying to get something going again, trying to find out what I was doing,” he says.

The “drawing board” consisted of Gray's electric and acoustic guitars (Martin, Lauden and Gibson), an Electro-Voice D257 microphone, a 4-track, an Akai S3000 sampler and a Roland Groovebox synth. (“About half the sounds on the album come from the Groovebox,” Gray explains.) Without a recording contract or a proper studio, Gray and his drummer and sometime bassist Clune began “messing around,” without any intention of making an album. “I was writing a lot of stuff, all kind of miserable, trying to get something going again, trying to find out what I was doing,” he says.

For the mixdown, Polson and mixer George Holt borrowed an older series Soundcraft board that had a “cheap but warm” sound he prefers to the comparable Mackie. The Soundcraft, however, was quickly nicknamed “The Grumbler” because of a buzzing noise it made every few minutes due to a problem with the power supply. During the mixing, Polson had to stop to brush the corrosion off the wires. So they ended up mixing the album in Gray's front room to a Tascam DA-20 between the buzzes. “That and the drilling,” Polson laughs.