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Padgham started out as a tape-operator at Advisions Studios, working in recording sessions for Yes and Emerson, Lake And Palmer . From there he went to Landsowne Studios and moved from tape-operator/assistant engineer to head engineer. In 1978, Padgham got a job at Townhouse, where he engineered and/or produced acts including XTC , Peter Gabriel , and Phil Collins . Padgham is credited with creating the 'gated' drum sound used so prominently on Phil Collins' single ''In The Air Tonight'', and which became the template for much of the of recorded pop drum sound of the 1980s . The effect is believed to have first been used on the 1980 third self-titled solo album by Peter Gabriel , which Padgham engineered and on which Collins played. At this time, Padgham was working regularly as the recording engineer for noted UK producer Steve Lilywhite , and they collaborated on many well-known albums and singles in the early 1980s. The 'gated drum' effect is created by adding a large amount of Reverberation to the original drum sound, and then feeding that reverb signal through an electronic device known as a Noise Gate . This unit can be programmed to cut off any signal fed through it, either after a specified time interval (in this case, a few milliseconds), or when the incoming signal falls below a preset volume threshold. The result is the arresting 'gated reverb' effect, in which the reverberation cuts off abruptly, rather than fading away. Padgham's previous work with Gabriel and Collins led to a long and enormously successful collaboration with Genesis in the 1980s, which produced a string of hit albums and singles including Genesis (album) and Invisible Touch . Artists for whom Padgham has produced or engineered include:
Padgham would sometimes appear in videos by some of these artists. |
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