How It Was Recorded

Gear · tape machine

Ampex 351

Records it appears on · 2

  • Glad All Over

    The Dave Clark Five · Glad All Over, 1963

    • Lead vocal · Mix effectsReportedTape echo on the song, heard most clearly on the second Smith vocal, came from either this machine or an EMI TR91; the article does not say which. (recalled with uncertainty)
  • Groovin'

    The Young Rascals · Groovin', 1967

    • Studio console, tape machines and monitoring at Talentmasters · Input chainReportedHalf-inch recorder used with the 350 for 4-to-4 mixdowns that freed extra tracks on this recording.

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

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Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines

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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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