Sting Brand New Day equipment

Brand New Day was Sting's sixth solo album, released in September 1999 by A&M Records. It marked Sting's successful comeback as a singer/songwriter and musician, with the second single of "Desert Rose" featuring Cheb Mami. Production duties were shared between Sting and Kipper - his first album without Hugh Padgham as co-producer since The Dream Of The Blue Turtles in 1985.

Sting

 * 1957 Fender Precision bass
 * Roland VG-8 virtual guitar processor

Kipper
Instruments
 * Alesis DM5 drum module
 * E-mu Audity 2000 - filtering & processing drum sounds etc.
 * Korg 01/W - for analog synth pads & string sounds
 * Roland JP-8000 - used extensively on this album
 * Novation Supernova
 * Rhodes electric piano

Misc.
 * Emagic Logic Audio sequencer

Sources: KIPPER: Producing Sting's Brand New Day

Recording & studio equipment
Microphones
 * Vocals:
 * Sony C800G /w Shep 31105 preamp

Outboard gear
 * EMT plate - for vocals
 * Lexicon 224XL - for vocals

Misc. equipment
 * Sony PCM-3348HR DASH 48-track digital tape machines (x2)
 * SSL 4064 G+ console
 * Prism Sound ADA-8 (x8)
 * Quested passive nearfield monitors (Simon Osborne's) - for mixing