Build your 80s studio
Let’s consider what might have been the 80s-est studio possible: what might have been on offer then, as opposed to what we’d use to reproduce that now. You’d get a more truly 1980s sound by mixing in technology from previous eras, but what the heck, let’s just commit and go full 80s!
DRUMS
THEN
There are a few choices here, but we’re going for the LinnDrum, which was the more ‘affordable’ version of the LM-1 which preceded it. The LinnDrum is all over 80s pop, embraced by artists such as Prince (the one we always think of first), Madonna, and Tears For Fears.