Warrior on the edge of time by Hawkwind: studio, gear and credits

Warrior on the edge of time by Hawkwind: studio, personnel and recording gear. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Warriors (often titled "Warrior on the Edge of Time")
Artist: Hawkwind
Genre / Style: Space Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Spoken Word Ambient
Date(s) Recorded: January 12 – March 14, 1975
Original Record Company & Catalog #: United Artists Records – UAG 29766
Release Date: May 9, 1975
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Personnel and session credits

Musicians & Session Performers:

Michael Moorcock - Spoken Word Recitation
Dave Brock - EMS Synthi AKS, 12-String Acoustic Guitar
Nik Turner - Transverse Flute (Processed)

Studio and recording technology

Studio details for this recording are still being verified.

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Tracking Studio & Room: Rockfield Studios (The Quadrangle), Monmouth, Wales (Corroborated: Turner Point, Waiting For Tomorrow also recorded there - same album)
Mixing / Overdub Studio: Rockfield Studios (The Quadrangle), Monmouth, Wales
Mixing Console / Desk: Custom Rosser 24-Channel Console
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: 3M M79 24-Track 2-inch (@ 15 IPS)
Studio Monitors: Tannoy Dual Concentric Red 15" (Lockwood Enclosures)
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

EMT 140 (Plate Reverb): Provided primary metallic ambient wash and depth for recitations, synths, and gong swells
Pye 4060 (Germanium Diode-Bridge Compressor): Controlled dynamic spikes and added aggressive saturation to spoken vocals and percussion
Watkins Copicat (Tape Delay): Generated rhythmic flutter and multi-tap space reflections on spoken vocals and flute overdubs
Eventide DDL 1745 (Digital Delay Line): Provided short spatial pre-delays feeding the plate reverb and spatial modulation effects

Synthesizers, Drum Machines & Electronic Instruments:

Mellotron M400 (Tape-Replay Keyboard): Delivered 8-Voice Choir and string textures across the piece, tracked direct via preamps
EMS VCS3 (Analog Patchable Modular Synthesizer): Generated alien audio-rate modulation, ring-modulated vocal treatments, and noise washes
EMS Synthi AKS (Portable Analog Modular Synthesizer): Produced sequenced sweeps, filter oscillations, and spatial space-rock texture sweeps

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Spoken Word Vocal (Michael Moorcock), Mellotron M400 (Simon House), EMS VCS3 Synthesizer (Simon House), EMS Synthi AKS (Dave Brock), Electric Bass Drone (Lemmy Kilmister), Acoustic 12-String Guitar (Dave Brock), Transverse Flute (Nik Turner), Orchestral Gong & Suspended Cymbals (Alan Powell), Damped Concert Toms (Simon King).

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