How It Was Recorded

Gear · tape machine

Unidentified 24-track tape machine

Records it appears on · 1

  • Beat It

    Michael Jackson · Thriller, 1982

    • Tape and mix · Input chainVerifiedLukather explains that two 24-track machines could be locked together with SMPTE timecode to give more tracks, while recounting the tape problem with the Beat It solo.

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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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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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