Ed Sheeran
UK singer‐songwriter
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In this video Ed is using his Macbook with this keyboard in front of it
One of the speakers used for the live is the LINA by Meyer
The LEOPARD speakers are used with the other speakers to get a great sound all around the stadiums
Sheeran's FOH uses 2 Amie Monitors to listen in the nearfield
A pair of Bricasti M7 reverb units are used, one each for vocal and guitar
In the YouTube video "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Ed Sheeran 'I See Fire' [HD]," Ed Sheeran is seen using the Sennheiser MZP 40 windscreen at 0:23.
Used on the guitar for Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself", as stated by Purpose mix engineers Josh Gudwin and Andrew Wuepper in this May 2016 Sound on Sound interview about the mixing of the title track and others. An image of the settings can be found here.
“Ed’s original guitar was quite noisy and buzzy. It sounded like he was on the road and had just plugged in quickly to get an idea down. So I selfishly wanted a cleaner guitar sound and had a couple of guys coming in to replay the guitar part, but it never sounded anywhere near as good. It just kept sounding too different and without the right feel. So I decided to go with Ed’s guitar and treated it with the Waves NS1 noise suppressor, the Waves GTR plug-in, and filtered it with the FabFilter Pro-MB, and an Avid EQ, taking out around 3kHz."
The LA-2 emulation was used on Sheeran's vocals for Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself", as stated by Purpose mix engineers Josh Gudwin and Andrew Wuepper in this May 2016 Sound on Sound interview about the mixing of the title track and others.
“Below the trumpet section are Ed’s vocals, on which I have the [Avid] BF76 compressor and a channel strip, and at the top is his vocal bus, on which I have the FabFilter Pro-2 EQ. I also had the Bricasti on Ed’s voice, as well as a UAD LA2."
Sheeran's FOH uses a Maxx BCL for live performances
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14 Leo Loudspeakers are used at each front line arrays
Four Lyon speakers are used at each front line arrays
Meyer Sound MILO 120S High-Power Expanded Coverage Curvilinear Array Loudspeaker
Speakers & AccessoriesEd Sheeran utilized 16 Meyer Sound MILO 120S High-Power Expanded Coverage Curvilinear Array Loudspeakers per side during his 'Divide' World Tour, as reported by FRONT of HOUSE.
During Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' World Tour, the Eventide Eclipse Multi-Effects Processor was utilized by his front-of-house team, as detailed in the FRONT of HOUSE article.
In the Sound on Sound article, Jake Gosling discusses producing Ed Sheeran's music, including the use of the sE Electronics Project Studio Reflexion Filter in the recording process.
at 0:28 we can clearly sees the name of the keyboard he's using in live at Paris
In this Instagram post you can clearly see, Ed is using 2 Sontronics Aria microphones on the piano and a Shure 7B on his vocal.
In the Beats Commerical, Ed puts on the Beats Solo2's to record his vocals for his song "Don't".
In a performance video uploaded by Sheeran Loopers on YouTube titled "Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You - (Sheeran Looper X performance)", Ed Sheeran is seen utilizing the Sheeran Loopers Looper X Workstation. This session, filmed at Q Division Studios in Boston, showcases Sheeran's use of the Looper X Workstation, as credited in the video's description by Sheeran Loopers. The live session, which includes the song "Shape Of You" written by Ed Sheeran among others, is part of a production led by executive producer Johnny ‘Drum Machine’ Jenkins and a team comprising directors Liam Pethick, Will Lepsyk, Chris Seremetis, with Rafi Sofer as the recording engineer. This source provides direct evidence of Ed Sheeran's use of the Looper X Workstation in his musical performances.
In the documentary Songwriter available on Apple Music, Ed Sheeran is observed using a Manley Reference Cardioid Tube Microphone to record vocals for the demo of the song "Love Yourself," which was later released by Justin Bieber. This usage is specifically documented at the timestamp 4:33 in a segment of the documentary shared on YouTube by Brady, under the title "Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco - The Making of 'Love Yourself'". The documentary itself was created by Murray Cummings and his team, offering a credible source for the information on Ed Sheeran's gear preference during the recording session.
In a performance video uploaded by Sheeran Loopers on YouTube titled "Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You (Sheeran Looper + Performance)," Ed Sheeran is seen utilizing the Sheeran Loopers Looper + Pedal. This session, filmed at Q Division Studios in Boston, showcases Sheeran's use of the Looper + Pedal, as credited in the video's description by Sheeran Loopers. The live session, which includes the song "You Need Me, I Don't Need You," written by Ed Sheeran, is part of a production led by executive producer Johnny 'Drum Machine' Jenkins and a team comprising directors Liam Pethick, Will Lepczyk, and Chris Seremetis, with Rafi Sofer as the recording engineer. This source provides direct evidence of Ed Sheeran's use of the Looper + Pedal in his musical performances.
GRAMMY and MPG award winner Guy Massey, whose coup de gras was remastering The Beatles in 2009, recorded two tracks on Ed’s album.
One track was guitar and vocal and the other was piano and vocal – it was all live. I used a ribbon mic and the Focusrite ISA430 MkII. Both songs are just very pure recordings really, and when we came to tracking we had a few preamps to choose from, but I just chose the ISA430 MkII because you can just dial things in so quickly. It’s very intuitive in its layout and I always find it very easy to get a great sound, whether it be a clean and pure vocal or slamming drum destruction.
I’ve been using a 430 for around five years, and always found it to be a great workhorse. I love the clarity it provides when needed and also it’s versatility, which allows you to mangle sounds quickly due to its great ergonomics.
In a live performance, Ed Sheeran is seen using the Arturia KeyLab 61 mk3 61-key Keyboard Controller. This identification is confirmed by the sleek design, the ARTURIA logo on the back of the keyboard, and the clearly visible "KeyLab MK3" branding on the controller. The source of this information is a video from "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on YouTube, where Sheeran demonstrates his use of a looping station during the performance.
Ed Sheeran is confirmed to use the Genelec 8361A SAM™ Studio Monitor where he shared an image of him recording in the studio with a pair of 8361s.
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