Queen A Kind Of Magic recording equipment

 (last updated: )

Musical gear

Roger Taylor:

• Luwig drums /w Zildjian cymbals
• Simmons SDS-V electronic drum kit
• LinnDrum drum machine
• BHM Bespoke (“A Kind Of Magic”)

Brian May:

• Guitars:
• BHM Bespoke
•  Amps:
• Vox AC30
• Galien-Krueger amp (“One Vision” solo)
• Effects:
• MXR delay
• TC Electronics rack-mounted unit
• Peterson Strobe Tuner 420
•  Other:
• Kurzweil K250
• Yamaha DX7 (“Who Wants To Live Forever”)

John Deacon:

• 1983 Fender Precision Elite I
• Fender Stratocaster
• Fender Telecaster

Freddie Mercury:

• Steinway pianos

Studio equipment

Microphones:

• AKG C414 (all vocals, snare drum)
• B&K reference mic (overhead)
• Neumann FET U47 (bass drum)
• Neumann U87 (toms)
• Neumann KM84 (guitar amps mic, assumed)
• Schoeps condenser mic (hi-hat)

Outboard gear:

• AMS DMX 15-80S delay
• EMT 140 reverb
• EMT 252 reverb
• Lexicon 224 reverb
• Roland Space Echo RE301
• Quantec room simulator

Tape machines:

• Studer A80 24-track
• Studer A800 24-track
• Mitsubishi X80 digital 2-track
• Sony PCM-F1
• Studer A10

Miscellaneous studio equipment:

• Roland Jupiter-8
• Fairlight CMI series II
• Roland VP-330 vocoder
• Yamaha DX7
• E-mu Emulator II
• Harrison 4832 console (Musicland)
• SRC SMPTE Reading Clock

References

http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/track-record-queen/6784

queensongs.info page on A Kind Of Magic

making of ‘One Vision’ video