The Young Rascals · Groovin', 1967
Groovin'
7 sourced items across 2 sectionsVerified1Reported2Inferred4
What the sources do and do not say
One Mix Classic Tracks article, read in full. Only the piano microphone and the 4-to-4 mixdown machines are tied to this recording; the console, monitoring and headphone amplifier describe the studio. The Pultec EQP-1A, Fisher SpaceXpander units and the mono Ampex 350 are named but given no function, so they are omitted. No microphones are stated for the vocals or conga.
Piano
1 item
Felix Cavaliere
Microphone
The real chain
Neumann U 67
Verified
Single microphone on the piano, which was played with the lid open.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Studio console, tape machines and monitoring at Talentmasters
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Input chain
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Ampex MX-10
InferredUsual practice
Usual practice, not stated for this record: Four of these mixers made up the very basic console at Talentmasters.
A suggestion, not a documented fact: Huston's description of the studio's console during the era of these sessions.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Soundtoys Radiator
saturation
Models the Altec 1567A, another American valve mixer of the 1960s, so it gives the same sort of thick valve colour when driven; it is not a model of the Ampex.
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Ampex 350
Reported
Half-inch 4-track recorder; with the 351 it was used for 4-to-4 mixdowns that freed extra tracks on this recording.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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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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- Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape)
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Ampex 351
Reported
Half-inch recorder used with the 350 for 4-to-4 mixdowns that freed extra tracks on this recording.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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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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- Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape)
Mix effects
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Altec 604E
InferredUsual practice
Usual practice, not stated for this record: The single unit that made up the studio's monitor system.
A suggestion, not a documented fact: Huston's description of the studio's monitoring at the time.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Dynaco Dynakit (Mark III, as he recalls)
InferredUsual practice
Usual practice, not stated for this record: 60-watt amplifier that powered the Altec monitor; Huston thinks it was the Mark III model.
A suggestion, not a documented fact: Huston's description of the studio's monitoring at the time.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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No plugin suggested. This was a power amplifier driving the monitor speakers, not something the recorded signal passed through, so no plugin stands in for it.
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Bogen P.A. amplifier (model not stated)
InferredUsual practice
Usual practice, not stated for this record: Amplifier Huston installed to drive the headphones when he worked the patchbay.
A suggestion, not a documented fact: Huston's description of the studio's setup.
Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Sources
- Classic Tracks: The Young Rascals' "Groovin'", Mix, 2015-05-05. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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