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The Beatles never sat on the stereo mixes for any of their songs because the radio of the time was AM / mono. All the stereo mixes were done by their producer /
by alsetmusic 1y ago
The Beatles never sat on the stereo mixes for any of their songs because the radio of the time was AM / mono. All the stereo mixes were done by their producer / sound engineers / possibly others without their input. Not that they were cut out or anything; they just didn't care.
- ribfeasty 1y agoThe Beatles (especially John) also hated the tedium of re-recording vocals to layer them, as is common in audio production to improve the impact of vocals in recordings. Their engineer ended up coming up with a technical approach we call ADT (Automatic double-tracking) to artificially duplicate and layer the vocals without requiring the artist(s) to re-record vocals.
- IAmBroom 1y agoIIRC, Richard Carpenter took this to the Nth level. He found the recording equipment with the largest number of tape tracks - 28 - and used them all to layer Karen's voice. She had an amazing voice, but she also stood out because of his technical nuancing of their sound.
- alsetmusic 1y agoI'm super late with this reply, but they were also the first to close-mic drums. Before that, drums were always recorded with a couple of mics above the kit.