Gear · tape machine
Stephens 40-track 2-inch tape machine
Records it appears on · 1
- The Cars
The Cars · Album, 1978
- Drums and snare effects · Input chainVerifiedMultitrack recorder brought over from Los Angeles and used for the album instead of the studio's own machine, leaving spare tracks for vocal and guitar stacks.
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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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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