How It Was Recorded

Gear · reverb

Unidentified Echo chamber (Studio 3, model not stated)

Records it appears on · 1

  • California Dreamin'

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

    • Group vocals · Mix effectsReportedThe studio's live chamber supplied reverb that was recorded onto the vocal tracks.

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Universal Audio Capitol Chambers

reverb

A real echo chamber, the same method as the one on the record: a loudspeaker and microphones in a hard, empty room. It is not a model of this chamber, so set the decay by ear.

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