4-track
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"An example of Lee "Scratch" Perry's inventive music production style was his ability to overdub layers of sound effects and instrumentation on each recording track of a basic 4-track machine, with such precise timing and in such a way that the resulting sound would destroy the competition from Jamaica's other top producers using the latest 16-track mixing consoles. Perry once buried microphones at the base of a palm tree and thumped it rhythmically to produce a mystifying bass drum effect; his drum booth at the Black Ark Studios was for a time surrounded with chicken wire to further his distinctive sound; many of his songs are layered with a variety of subtle effects created from broken glass, ghastly sighs and screeches, crying babies, and a mooing cow children's toy. These and other notable recording techniques helped define the Black Ark sound, as well as Lee Perry's creative legacy." --Sholem Stein |
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4-track or 4-track tape may refer to:
- The 4-track cartridge as an analogue music storage format popular from the late 1950s
- A 4-track tape used in professional recording studios for multitrack recording
See also
- Teac 3340 1/4 inch 4-track recorder