How It Was Recorded

Gear · tape machine

Ampex 300

Records it appears on · 1

  • California Dreamin'

    The Mamas & the Papas · If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, 1965

    • Group vocals · Input chainReportedFour-track recorder onto which the group's vocals were added over the existing backing track.
    • Flute solo, console and mix · Input chainReportedSecond deck used to bounce the music bed tracks together before the vocals were doubled.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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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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