Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden: studio, gear and credits

Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden: studio, personnel and recording gear. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Truly Madly Deeply
Artist: Savage Garden
Genre / Style: Pop / Adult Contemporary
Date(s) Recorded: Mid-to-late 1996 (Original Australian Version); Mid-1997 (US Remix/Overdubs)
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Roadshow Music / Columbia Records (Cat: 38-78723 for US Single)
Release Date: 3 March 1997 (Australia) / 25 November 1997 (US)
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Personnel and session credits

Musicians & Session Performers:

Darren Hayes - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
Daniel Jones - Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Acoustic & Electric Guitars

Studio and recording technology

Studio details for this recording are still being verified.

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Gotham Studios, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Overdubs at Sydney studios (Inferred: no studio documented in Discogs/MusicBrainz)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: South Beach Studios, Miami, FL (Original Mix); WallyWorld Studios, Marin County, CA (US Overdubs)
Mixing Console / Desk: Solid State Logic (SSL) 4000 G+ (South Beach Studios)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Studer A827 24-Track 2-inch tape at 30 IPS, synchronized with digital MIDI sequencers and Akai samplers
Studio Monitors: Yamaha NS-10M (CLA Mix standard), KRK 9000 (Afanasieff setup)
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

Lexicon 480L Digital Effects System, Roland SDE-3000 Digital Delays, Yamaha SPX90, UREI 1176LN, Teletronix LA-2A, SSL G-Series Bus Compressor

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Lead Vocals (Darren Hayes), Drum Programming (Daniel Jones / Dan Shea), Synthesizers & Pads (Daniel Jones), Acoustic Guitars (US Rework - Walter Afanasieff).

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