Drake

On this episode of Pensado's Place, Dave is speaking with Mixing engineer/ Producer Noah "40" Shebib who states, at 16:48, in his humble beginnings he tracked Drakes entire Debut project 'So Far Gone' in a hotel room using the TLM 103 and pillows on the wall for acoustic treatment.

Noah '40 the engineer of drake uses a neve 1073 pre amp going tru his neumann u87 vocal chain

Noah 40 uses a sony 800g on drake vocals

in the session of the song fireworks ft alicia keys he is using the neumann u87

Drake uses the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x in this video. Behind Barz - Drake

Noah 40 uses a LA2A going tru drakes vocal chain preventing the vocals from hitting too hard

Noah Shebib tells that he used the Waves Renaissance Vox Plugin in Drake Lead Vocal of "Headlines"

In this YouTube video at around 2:25 Noah “40” Shebib shows the Mojave MA-300 microphone used at his and drakes studio in Toronto. He has also posted many photos on Instagram suggesting he records drake often with this microphone. One picture is of this microphone by itself, and another is of a note on his 500 series rack detailing the Mojave-300 microphone being used for vocals.

Can be seen on the left on his studio desk.

Noah 40 Drakes audio engineer uses the SPL's Transient Designer plug-in to add 'point' to the kick drum.

Noah 40's processing chain for the sawtooth bass synth included Waves' Renaissance EQ and Bass, and Avid's Lo-Fi, a big favourite of his. for drakes mixing

Noah 40 uses a SM57 on drake vocals on the control room

In this photo, Drake can be seen with a Mellotron M4000D Mini.

Noah '40 uses a neve 1081 on drakes vocal chain going to a u87 or a sony 800g

Drake is shown using the Focal Trio6 Be studio monitors, which feature a 1” tweeter, a 5” woofer, and an 8” subwoofer, in a photo shared on his Instagram account [@champagnepapi].

Noah Shebib tells that he uses the Waves DeEsser Plugin in Drake Lead Vocal of "Headlines".

Noah Shebib tells that he uses the Waves SSL E-Channel in Drake Lead Vocal on "Headlines"

In the picture, on the left of the desk, there is a Maschine Studio.

Noah Shebib tells that he uses the Waves Renaissance Compressor Plugin in Drake Lead Vocal on "Headlines"

Noah Shebib tells that he uses the Avid Audio Smack! in Drake Lead Vocal on "Headlines"

Here Drake can be seen using the SKM 9000 for his Boy Meets World Tour.

In this since deleted Instagram post these studio monitors can be seen in the background (far left of the picture).

In this since deleted Instagram post these studio monitors can be seen in the background (far left of the picture).

In the Sound on Sound interview Noah '40' Shebib Mentions that Q10 was apart of the vocal processing chain in recording "Headlines"

Drake is seen with the 'Drake vs. Lil Wayne' Air Jordan 3 sneakers in black, as featured on his Instagram account.

In the video for Privileged Rappers, Drake and 21 Savage are seen using a Warm Audio WA-87 R2 microphone.

In the music video for "Way 2 Sexy," Drake is seen holding an Epiphone SG1275 Doubleneck at various points. Notably, at 2:32 in the video, the Epiphone headstock is clearly visible. This visual evidence is sourced from the official video uploaded by DrakeVEVO on YouTube.