How It Was Recorded

Gear · tape machine

Ampex 124

Records it appears on · 1

  • Californication

    Red Hot Chili Peppers · Album, 1999

    • Tracking and mix chain · Input chainVerifiedScott says the album was recorded to this 24-track tape machine, with a second synchronised one added as a vocal slave.

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First choice · Approximate

Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines

tape

Models two Studer machines, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape.

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Alternative · Approximate

Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder

tape

Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape.

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