A-ha Hunting High And Low recording gear

 (last updated: 22/08/24)

Electronic instruments:

• Fairlight CMI Series II/IIx – Tony Mansfield sessions
• Linn Electronics LinnDrum – “Take On Me”, “The Sun Always Shines On TV”
• New England Digital Synclavier II – Eel Pie/Neill King sessions
• PPG Wave 2.2 or 2.3
• Roland Juno-60
• UMI 2B sequencer: Alan Tarney's
• Yamaha DX7

Guitars:

• Fender Stratocaster: possibly used someplace
• Gibson ES-335

Recording & studio equipment

Microphones:

• Beyerdynamic M201: vocals at Eel Pie
• Neumann U47 valve: vocals at RG Jones
• Neumann U47 FET: vocals at Eel Pie

Tape recorders:

• 24-track:
• Studer A80 24-track: RG Jones and Mayfair
• Studer A800 24-track: 2 at Eel Pie
• 2-track:
• Ampex ATR-100: Eel Pie
• Studer A80: RG Jones

Outboard gear (partial list):

• AMS DMX 15-80S digital delay/harmonizer/sampler
• AMS RMX-16 digital reverb
• Lexicon 224 digital reverb
• Neve mic preamp: RG Jones
• Neve EQ: RG Jones

Consoles:

• Solid State Logic SL-4000E 40-in/32-out /w Total recall: Eel Pie
• Solid State Logic SL-4048E 48-in/32-out: RG Jones

Sources

Classic Tracks: Take On Me (Sound On Sound)

Studio Sound, November 1986 (Eel Pie information)

Classic Tracks: What’s Love Got To Do With It? (Mayfair Studios information)

Home & Studio Recording, October 1986 (Gerry Kitchingham interview)

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: An Interview with A-ha's Paul Waaktaar-Savoy