Lady Gaga's Software Plugins and VSTs

Lady Gaga utilized the Inphonik RX950 Classic AD/DA Converter on her song "Babylon," as confirmed by Lily Moayeri in the article "Mixing Lady Gaga" on Mixonline.

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In an interview with Sound on Sound, Lady Gaga's engineer revealed, "A lot of mixing the drums was just about level adjustment. On the drum bus I had the Plugin Alliance Black Box, the Slate Digital FG-X, and Oeksound's Spiff transient shaper. I also used the Ableton EQ8." This confirms that Lady Gaga uses the Slate Digital FG-X Virtual Mastering Pro.

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Lady Gaga uses the oeksound spiff transient shaper in her music production. As stated by her engineer, "A lot of mixing the drums was just about level adjustment. On the drum bus I had the Plugin Alliance Black Box, the Slate Digital FG-X, and Oeksound's Spiff transient shaper. I also used the Ableton EQ8" (Soundonsound, Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me').

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Lady Gaga uses the Ableton EQ Eight Equalizer Plugin, as confirmed by her engineer who stated, "A lot of mixing the drums was just about level adjustment. On the drum bus I had the Plugin Alliance Black Box, the Slate Digital FG-X, and Oeksound's Spiff transient shaper. I also used the Ableton EQ8," in the article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'" on Soundonsound.

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Lady Gaga uses the FabFilter Pro-Q 3, as confirmed by her engineer who stated, "On the bass group, I have FabFilter Pro‑Q 3 on dynamic mode to reduce 70Hz a bit, and I used the Kush Audio AR-1 compressor to even out the signal. For the most part, the song has live instruments, including guitar, that are augmented by synths" (Source: Soundonsound, "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'").

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Lady Gaga uses the Kush Audio AR-1 Vintage Mu Compressor as confirmed by her engineer, who stated, "On the bass group, I have FabFilter Pro‑Q 3 on dynamic mode to reduce 70Hz a bit, and I used the Kush Audio AR-1 compressor to even out the signal. For the most part, the song has live instruments, including guitar, that are augmented by synths." This information is sourced from the article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'" by Soundonsound.

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Lady Gaga uses Slate Digital Fresh Air, as confirmed by her engineer: "I used the DJM filter during the pre-chorus to filter everything into the chorus. I also used a plug-in that I've been working on called Fresh AIR. I started developing this and another plug-in while at Henson just to get back into C++ programming. Fresh AIR is a brightening EQ, and it was really handy in adding smooth top end to parts that felt too dark." (Source: Soundonsound, Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me')

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Lady Gaga uses the Xfer Records DJMFilter, as confirmed by her engineer who stated, "I used the DJM filter during the pre-chorus to filter everything into the chorus." This information is sourced from the article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'" on Soundonsound.

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Lady Gaga uses the FabFilter Pro-MB Multiband Dynamics Plugin, as confirmed by her engineer: "The keyboards also have Fresh AIR, FabFilter Pro‑MB, and Waves RVox on the Omnisphere piano that I added in the drop. I used Waves CLA Vocals on the high strings, with everything off besides stereo widening." (source: Soundonsound, Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me').

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Lady Gaga uses the Waves Renaissance Vox Plugin, as confirmed by her engineer, who stated, "The keyboards also have Fresh AIR, FabFilter Pro-MB, and Waves RVox on the Omnisphere piano that I added in the drop. I used Waves CLA Vocals on the high strings, with everything off besides stereo widening." This information is detailed in the Soundonsound article titled "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'."

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Lady Gaga uses Waves CLA Vocals, as confirmed by her engineer in Sound on Sound's article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'," where he stated, "The keyboards also have Fresh AIR, FabFilter Pro‑MB, and Waves RVox on the Omnisphere piano that I added in the drop. I used Waves CLA Vocals on the high strings, with everything off besides stereo widening."

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Lady Gaga uses the oeksound soothe plugin, as confirmed by her engineer, who said, "I have the Oeksound Soothe and SoundToys MicroShift on those to widen things a bit," in the Soundonsound article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'."

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Lady Gaga uses the Soundtoys MicroShift plugin, as confirmed by her engineer who stated, "I have the Oeksound Soothe and Soundtoys MicroShift on those to widen things a bit," in the Sound on Sound article "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'."

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Lady Gaga uses the Universal Audio UAD Fairchild 670 Tube Limiter Plug-In Collection, as confirmed by her engineer, who stated, "I like to use the UAD Fairchild 670 on the vocal bus, because it inflates the vocal. In 'Rain On Me' I used it to control Ariana's total vocal bus, and Gaga's vocal bus" (Soundonsound, Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me').

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Lady Gaga uses the Brainworx bx_masterdesk, as confirmed by her engineer in a Soundonsound article titled "Inside Track: Lady Gaga 'Rain On Me'." The article mentions, "I like to use the UAD Fairchild 670 on the vocal bus, because it inflates the vocal. In 'Rain On Me' I used it to control Ariana's total vocal bus, and Gaga's vocal bus."

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