Genesis Duke equipment

Duke was Genesis' tenth studio album, released in March 1980 after a period of inactivity for the band.

By early 1979, Phil Collins took a brief hiatus from the band and moved to Vancouver in effort to rescue his already-troubled marriage, while Tony and Mike recorded their solo albums. However, his efforts turned out to be futile, so he returned to the UK and wrote lots of material, from which two songs were chosen for Duke and others were kept for Phil's own Face Value album. Some songs are solo compositions while the rest of the tracks are group-written songs.

Recording for this album took place in November-December 1979 at Polar Studios, followed by mixing at Maison Rouge Studios in London.

Phil Collins
Drums Setups varied between each song, including number of toms on kit
 * Premier 717 Elite Black custom kit /w Gretsch bass drum
 * Premier Soundwave kit (double-headed)

Cymbals
 * Zildjian & Paiste

Other
 * Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm - "Duchess"
 * assorted percussion

Source: various, Modern Recording & Music May 1981

Tony Banks
Keyboards & synthesizers:
 * ARP 2600
 * Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus
 * Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
 * Yamaha CS-80
 * Yamaha CP-70 grand piano
 * acoustic grand piano ("Please Don't Ask" etc.)

Effects
 * Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble - on CP-70 at least
 * MXR MX-134 Stereo Chorus
 * MXR Phase 90
 * misc. fuzz boxes

Mike Rutherford
note: the full extent of Mike's setup for the recording of Duke is not entirely known, so what is listed here is speculation based on existing sources from around the time

Guitars:
 * 1975 Fender Stratocaster USA Sunburst
 * Ibanez Artist 2622
 * Kramer DMZ-3000
 * Roland GS-500
 * Shergold double neck

Guitar synthesizers
 * ARP Avatar
 * Roland GR-500

Amplifiers
 * Yamaha G100?

Microphones
No detailed information can be found on the microphone setups utilised on the album by David Hentschel, but this probably depended on ones available in the studio at a given time.

Mixing consoles

 * Helios 32/24 at Maison Rouge /w Allison 65k programmer (final mixes)

Tape machines

 * MCI JH-24 24-track (Polar Studios)
 * Studer A80 24-track (Maison Rouge)
 * Studer A80 2-track (Maison Rouge)

Outboard gear
At Maison Rouge Studios:
 * Allison Research Kepex noise gates
 * Audio & Design compressors/limiters (x2)
 * EMT plate reverbs
 * Eventide digital delays - may include H910 Harmonizer?
 * Eventide FL201 Instant Flanger
 * Lexicon digital delay
 * Marshall Time Modulator
 * MICMIX reverb
 * UREI Graphic Equalisers
 * UREI 1176 peak limiters (x4)

Studio monitoring

 * Tannoy in Lockwood cabinets, driven by Crown DC-300A - Maison Rouge studios