Multitrack recording
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Multitrack recording, also known as multitracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at dif
The TASCAM 85 16B analog tape multitrack recorder can record 16 tracks of audio on 1-inch (2.54cm) magnetic tape. Professional analog units of 24 tracks on 2-inch tape were common, with specialty tape heads providing 8, or even 16 tracks on the same tape width (8 tracks for greater fidelity).
Scully 280 eight-track recorder at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Mixing desk with twenty inputs and eight outputs
The TEAC 2340, a popular early (1973) home multitrack recorder, four tracks on ¼ inch tape
Record producer
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A record producer or music producer is a music-creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves h
Music producer Sir George Martin, best known for his work with the Beatles, pictured with members George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon at a recording session at Abbey Road in 1966
Brian Wilson during a recording session, 1966
Mixing console