Nigel Godrich's Studio Equipment

Visible in this video of a recording session of Radiohead's song "Ful Stop", off of A Moon Shaped Pool.

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Towards the bottom of this page, there are a couple of photos of Goldrich with his Samson Graphite 49.

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Towards the bottom of this page, there is a photo of Goldrich's Roland A-500 Pro.

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Nigel Godrich, on the right, is seen working at his Apple Macintosh II, with various other studio equipment visible in the image.

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Nigel Godrich uses the Apple 13‑inch MacBook Pro M1 for live performances with Atoms for Peace during tour dates and DJ shows. For these shows, the MacBook runs Ableton Live. He brought two on tour, with one serving as a backup, as evidenced by an image on Equipboard.

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A photo from the recording of In Rainbows at "The Hospital" shows Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien working at the API 2448 24-channel Recording and Mixing Console. This image provides evidence that Nigel Godrich used this specific gear during the overdubs or mixing sessions in 2007.

In a photo captured in September/October 2006 at the control room of Tottenham House during the recording of Radiohead’s "In Rainbows," the Electrodyne 1204 can be seen behind Jonny Greenwood, providing evidence that music producer Nigel Godrich utilized this piece of studio recording gear.

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The MTA-980 Mixing Desk Console is confirmed to be used by music producer Nigel Godrich, as evidenced by a photo taken in the control room at St Catherine’s Court during the recording of Radiohead's "OK Computer." The image, sourced from a scan of Godrich's 1997 interview with The Mix by citizeninsane, clearly shows the MTA-980 on the right side.

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A photo of music producer Nigel Godrich using the Soundcraft Spirit Live 24 mixer can be seen in the control room at St Catherine’s Court during the recording of Radiohead’s "OK Computer." This image is sourced from a scan of Nigel’s 1997 interview with "The Mix," provided by citizeninsane.

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In a photograph taken in the control room at Tottenham House in September/October 2006 during the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows, a Urei Universal Audio 1176LN 'Blackface' Peak Limiter is clearly visible in the rack. This provides evidence that music producer Nigel Godrich was using this specific piece of gear at the time.

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In a photo taken in the control room at Tottenham House in September/October 2006, during the recording of Radiohead's "In Rainbows," a Tube-Tech CL-1B can be seen in the equipment rack used by music producer Nigel Godrich. This image serves as proof of Godrich's use of the CL-1B, alongside other equipment such as a blackface UREI 1176, three silverface 1176s (Rev H), and an Esoteric Audio Research 660. Additionally, an Elektron MachineDrum and an early-2000s Apple iMac are visible in the studio setup.

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In a photo taken in the control room at Tottenham House during the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows in September/October 2006, it is evident that music producer Nigel Godrich uses the Esoteric Audio Research EAR-660. This is confirmed by the image showing the EAR-660 in a rack alongside a blackface UREI 1176, three silverface 1176s (Rev H), and a Tube Tech CL1B. An Elektron MachineDrum is also visible on the piano bench, and an early-2000s Apple iMac can be seen in the control room.

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A photograph from October/November 2006, taken during the recording of Radiohead’s "In Rainbows" in the "morning room" at Halswell Morning, clearly shows Nigel Godrich using a Korg Stage Echo SE-300, positioned at the top of the racks on the right.

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Nigel Godrich uses a George Massenburg Labs (GML) 8200 equalizer, as evidenced by an image showing his studio setup, which includes the GML 8200 in the upper rack alongside Neve modules, a Lisson Grove R124, and a Focusrite ISA 215 dual mic preamp/eq.

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Nigel Godrich is confirmed to use the Summit Audio DCL-200 compressor, as evidenced by an image showing it in his lower rack, along with a Summit TLA-100A compressor and an Inward Connections Vac Rac 4000 with TMP-1 and Tube Limiter modules.

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The lower rack has a Summit DCL-200 compressor, Summit TLA-100A compressor, Inward Connections Vac Rac 4000 with TMP-1 (2) and Tube Limiter (2) modules.

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Music producer Nigel Godrich is confirmed to use the Inward Connections Vac Rac Series 4000 Tube Step Equalizer, as evidenced by an image showing it alongside other equipment, such as the Summit DCL-200 compressor and Summit TLA-100A compressor, in his studio rack.

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Another section of Nigel’s rack setup in the “morning room” at Halswell Morning in Oct/Nov 2006, during the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows. The top rack includes his Roland RE201 Space Echo, Roland DC30 Analogue Chorus-Echo, and AMS RMX 16 reverb (note the distincitve AMS keypad). The bottom rack inlcude an MXR M-126 Flanger / Doubler Model and an MXR M-129 Pitch Transposer.

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Another section of Nigel’s rack setup in the “morning room” at Halswell Morning in Oct/Nov 2006, during the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows. The top rack includes his Roland RE201 Space Echo, Roland DC30 Analogue Chorus-Echo, and AMS RMX 16 reverb (note the distincitve AMS keypad). The bottom rack inlcude an MXR M-126 Flanger / Doubler Model and an MXR M-129 Pitch Transposer.

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Another section of Nigel’s rack setup in the “morning room” at Halswell Morning in Oct/Nov 2006, during the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows. The top rack includes his Roland RE201 Space Echo, Roland DC30 Analogue Chorus-Echo, and AMS RMX 16 reverb (note the distincitve AMS keypad). The bottom rack inlcude an MXR M-126 Flanger / Doubler Model and an MXR M-129 Pitch Transposer.

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Another section of Nigel’s rack setup in the “morning room” at Halswell Morning in Oct/Nov 2006, during the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows. The top rack includes his Roland RE201 Space Echo, Roland DC30 Analogue Chorus-Echo, and AMS RMX 16 reverb (note the distincitve AMS keypad). The bottom rack inlcude an MXR M-126 Flanger / Doubler Model and an MXR M-129 Pitch Transposer.

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In a 2006 photo of Jonny Greenwood in the control room at Tottenham House during the recording of Radiohead’s In Rainbows, the distinctive keypads and knob layouts of two AMS DMX 15-80S Digital Delay rack units are visible in the bottom left rack case, providing evidence of Nigel Godrich's use of this equipment. An AMS RMX 16 is also visible in the upper left rack unit.

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Since at least 2019, an Eventide H9000 has been part of Nigel’s setup in Studio 2 at Strongroom Studios

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The EQH-2 can be seen at the bottom of this photo of Nigel’s “mobile setup” in June 2017.

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Nigel’s Smart Research C2 can be seen below the blackface 1176s in the rack on the left in this photo (a screenshot from Junun). This was the makeshift control room used to record the album at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur.

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The LA-10 can be seen at the very bottom of this photo of a part of Nigel’s “mobile setup” in June 2017.

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From left to right: Apple Macintosh, Moog MemoryMoog, Roland RS-09, unknown computer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Suzuki Omnichord Q-Chord, Crumar Orchestrator / Multiman-S, Korg Poly-Ensemble P PE-1000, Moog Keyboard Controller, MIDIPRO 49, Akai S3000X On table: Baldwin DS-50 Discoverer, Korg MicroKorg, ? ? Korg MS20

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From left to right: Apple Macintosh, Moog MemoryMoog, Roland RS-09, unknown computer, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Suzuki Omnichord Q-Chord, Crumar Orchestrator / Multiman-S, Korg Poly-Ensemble P PE-1000, Moog Keyboard Controller, MIDIPRO 49, Akai S3000X On table: Baldwin DS-50 Discoverer, Korg MicroKorg, ? ? Korg MS20

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