English producer and mix engineer Stephen Power has worked with artists ranging from Blur and Andrea Bocelli to Diana Ross and the Bangles. Power co‑produced some of Robbie Williams’ biggest‑selling albums and, asked to select a favourite sound, Power recalls how he got the layered drum sound on Williams’ 1998 single ‘No Regrets’.
Half Power
“The original demo of the song was in half time, but because we wanted to get it on the radio as a single, it meant we had to get some double‑time stuff on there. So, the intro and the end are both in half time, while the body of the song is in double time.
“This was in the days of tape, and was the last Robbie album that was recorded on tape. No Pro Tools rig in this session! I started programming with a load of loops and several of them in half time and several of them in double time and also some backwards loops. And then we also used the tape to play double time and then slowed the tape down to half time. Then recorded...
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