Katy Perry

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

"I've included a screenshot of a single phrase in which you can see how it's possible to work directly on the vocal in Nuendo. The different coloured blocks indicate the different notes, and you can tune the vocal or change the vibrato. It's incredibly easy and you don't need Melodyne or Auto-Tune. This screenshot is for demonstration purposes only, because we didn't actually have to tune Katy's vocal, she was right on the note. Of course, Phil mixed the vocals. I bounced tracks 129 to 166 to stereo and I sent this to Phil, as well as a screenshot of my mastering chain, my treatment of the stereo master. So once Phil had mixed in the vocal, he could reproduce my mastering chain by using the same plug-ins and looking at the screenshot. In this way, the music is done, and all Phil has to focus on are the vocals.”

At the time of "Firework"'s production, Nuendo 4 was the latest version of the software.

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

Mentioned in this March 2009 Mix Online article about the Hello Katy Tour.

Both front-of-house engineer Fern Alvarez Jr. (who is also production manager) and monitor engineer Dave “Supa” Rupsch are working on Digidesign Profile consoles. For effects, Alvarez relies on a Bomb Factory BF76 compressor and a Franklin d2 EQ for Perry's vocals; Smack on background vocals; Purple Audio comp for bass guitar; Joemeek comp for acoustics; ReVibe reverb on Perry and background vocals; and Reverb one for all instruments. (...) According to monitor engineer Dave “Supa” Rupsch, “It is not a very plug-in-intensive setup. I use Impact for kick and snare compression, and Bomb Factory compressors for bass DI and Katy's acoustic.

Mentioned in this March 2009 Mix Online article about the Hello Katy Tour.

Both front-of-house engineer Fern Alvarez Jr. (who is also production manager) and monitor engineer Dave “Supa” Rupsch are working on Digidesign Profile consoles. For effects, Alvarez relies on a Bomb Factory BF76 compressor and a Franklin d2 EQ for Perry's vocals; Smack on background vocals; Purple Audio comp for bass guitar; Joemeek comp for acoustics; ReVibe reverb on Perry and background vocals; and Reverb one for all instruments. (...) On all the in-ear mix outputs, I am using the Focusrite 6-band parametric EQ and a limiter; on the band I use UE-7 Pros, non-ambient. Katy likes reverb in her ears; for that, I use the ReVibe plug-in with a medium hall 'verb return: 2.5-second decay time, 28ms pre-delay.”

Note that ReVibe II was not yet released in 2009.

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

Mentioned by producer Sandy Vee in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of "Firework". An image of the settings can be found here.

Mentioned in this March 2009 Mix Online article about the Hello Katy Tour.

Both front-of-house engineer Fern Alvarez Jr. (who is also production manager) and monitor engineer Dave “Supa” Rupsch are working on Digidesign Profile consoles. For effects, Alvarez relies on a Bomb Factory BF76 compressor and a Franklin d2 EQ for Perry's vocals; Smack on background vocals; Purple Audio comp for bass guitar; Joemeek comp for acoustics; ReVibe reverb on Perry and background vocals; and Reverb one for all instruments.