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The Beatles' recording technology developed during the 1960s and, in some cases, influenced the way popular music was recorded. Effects achieved on their recordings include sampling and artificial double tracking (ADT) and the elaborate use of multitrack recording machines. They also used classical instruments on their recordings and guitar feedback. The Beatles' attitude to the recording process was summed up by Paul McCartney: "We would say, 'Try it. Just try it for us. If it sounds crappy, OK, we'll lose it. But it might just sound good.' We were always pushing ahead: Louder, further, longer, more, different."〔Lewisohn - ''Complete Beatles Recording Sessions''. p13.〕 ==1960s recording technology== In the early part of the 1960s, EMI's Abbey Road Studios was equipped with EMI-made British Tape Recorders (BTR)〔(2002/123/1 Reel-to-reel tape recorder, BTR1, metal / plastic / glass / electronic components, designed and manufactured by EMI (Electric and Musical Industries), England, 1948... ) at www.dhub.org〕 which were developed in 1948, essentially as copies of German wartime recorders. The BTR was a twin-track, valve (Vacuum tube) based machine. When recording on the twin-track machine there was very little opportunity for overdubbing; the recording was essentially that of a live music performance. The first two Beatles albums, ''Please Please Me'' and ''With The Beatles'', were recorded on the BTR two track machines;〔Hertsgaard - ''A Day in The Life''. p75.〕 with the introduction of four-track machines in 1963 (the first 4-track Beatles recording was "I Want to Hold Your Hand") there came a change in the way recordings were made—tracks could be built up layer by layer, encouraging experimentation in the multitrack recording process.〔Lewisohn - ''The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions'' p. 54〕 In 1968 eight-track recorders became available, but Abbey Road was somewhat slow in adopting the new technology and a number of Beatles tracks (including "Hey Jude") were recorded in other studios in London to get access to the new eight-track recorders.〔Lewisohn - ''Complete Beatles Recording Sessions''. p146.〕 The Beatles' final album ''Abbey Road'', was the only one to be recorded using a transistorised mixing console, the EMI TG12345, rather than the earlier REDD valve consoles. ''Let It Be'' was recorded largely at the Beatles' own Apple Studios, using borrowed REDD valve consoles from EMI after the designer Magic Alex (Alex Mardas) failed to come up with a suitable desk for the studio. Engineer Geoff Emerick has said that the transistorised console played a large part in shaping overall sound of ''Abbey Road'', lacking the aggressive edge of the valve consoles.〔Emerick - ''Here, There, and Everywhere''. p. 277〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Beatles' recording technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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