Phil Collins
It was developed in 1979 by engineer Hugh Padgham and producer Steve Lillywhite while working with the artists XTC, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins at Townhouse Studios in London, and is most famously demonstrated in Collins’s 1981 single “In the Air Tonight”.

Who created the 80s sound?

How Phil Collins accidentally created the sound that shaped 80’s music. If you’re a musican you would have heard the phrase ‘gated reverb’ if not you would have definitely heard the effect in action.

Did Peter Gabriel play the drums?

Peter played drums in a soul and jazz band (“He always had the idea of the beat, but he didn’t quite have the coordination,” says Banks), then formed Genesis with Banks and two other Charterhouse students, Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips.

Did Phil Collins use a drum machine?

Phil was an ardent proponent of — and early adopter of — electronic drums. He would frequently use drum machines to heighten the atmosphere of a song, a practice that began with “Duchess” off Genesis’s Duke in 1980, which featured a Roland CR-78 programmed to deliver a robotic, hypnotic beat.

What does gated reverb do?

Gated reverb is an audio signal processing technique that involves using a loud reverb effect that is cut short by a noise gate instead of allowing it to naturally decay in amplitude over time.

How do you make an 80s gated reverb?

How to Create an 80s Gated Reverb

  1. Step 1 – Put a Simple Beat Together.
  2. Step 2 – Route the Snare to an Aux.
  3. Step 3 – Insert Reverb.
  4. Step 4 – Insert Gate.
  5. Step 5 – Side-chain Gate to Snare.
  6. Step 6 – Modify Gate Parameters.

What is gated reverb on a snare?

Gated reverb was a staple 80’s effect used on countless snare sounds popularized by artists such as Phil Collins. Using the snare as a trigger for the snare-reverb you can thicken up your snare sound without cluttering the drum sound with a long reverb trail.

How do I make a gated snare drum sound?

At minimum you’re going to treat the snare drum. To get the gated snare drum sound, you need to create a send on it’s track to a new auxiliary bus. On this aux bus you need to add a series of plugins in this specific order: You won’t deal with the EQ until you’re completely done creating the effect.

How do you add reverb to a snare track?

When the gate on your reverb track is side-chained to the snare track you can start fiddling with the parameters of the gate. Reduce the threshold so it starts letting the reverb through. The reverb should breathe in time with the snare drum creating a thick snare drum sound without an excessive reverb trail.

Who invented the gated reverb sound?

In 1979, studio engineer Hugh Padgham and record producer Steve Lillywhite developed the gated reverb sound during sessions at Townhouse Studios with Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, and XTC. Hugh Padgham made the accidental discovery when recording the song “Intruder” by Peter Gabriel for his self-titled and third solo album.