Yes, Sgt Pepper was recorded on a four track tape machine. The whole album...
Below is how they took four tracks and via bouncing some of them to another tape machine were able to record nine tracks of audio.
Recorder (A)
Trk 1.. Drums + Guitars
Trk 2.. Bass
Trk 3.. Lead + Harmony Vocals
Trk 4.. Additional Harmony Vocals
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Recorder (B) -- The "BOUNCE" tape. This is what we're hearing in the video:
Trk 1 [GREEN ].. From A, Tracks 1+2 (drums, guitars, and bass)
Trk 2 [ BLUE ].. Horns and punched-in lead guitar
Trk 3 [ RED ].. From A, Tracks 3+4 (all vocals)
Trk 4 [YELLOW].. Sound effects
1 comment:
That is just WAY too cool! Goes to show you that the way you make music is with talent and good song writing (the basics!). No amount of techno garbage and Protools will save you if you don't have the skills.
Amazing what they did and how unclean it sounds when you break it down, though I am sure it would sound TOO clean if you took out all the slides on the guitar strings, background mumbling, etc. Gives me an even deeper appreciaton for what they did.
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