During the peak of his solo career, Phil Collins’ home studio contained a substantial collection of recording equipment that combined analogue multitrack recording with the emerging drum machines and digital signal processing of the period. At the centre of the recording setup was a Brenell Mini 8 analogue 8-track recorder, providing Collins with a compact multitrack format for developing and recording material at home. Rhythm equipment included the Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909 and LinnDrum, giving him access to several different programmable drum machine systems within the same studio.
The outboard equipment was equally extensive. Processing included an MXR Model 113 Digital Delay, MXR Model 126 Flanger/Doubler and Lexicon PCM 41 Digital Delay, alongside the Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb and an Orban 622 Parametric Equaliser. Together with the studio’s keyboards, monitoring, mixing equipment and other recording hardware, this created a home facility equipped for multitrack recording, electronic rhythm programming, equalisation, delay, modulation and digital reverberation at a time when these technologies were becoming increasingly important to contemporary record production.