How It Was Recorded

Gear · tape machine

Ampex 200

Records it appears on · 1

  • Strange Days

    The Doors · Album, 1967

    • Console, tape and echo · Input chainVerifiedConverted three-track machine used as the delay for the echo, recording with AME equalisation and playing back with NAB.Settings: 15ips, giving about 167 ms delay; record side AME, playback NAB

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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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