Recording The Beatles 'Revolver': The Sound and the Gear!

Excellent video Thanks Great job duplicating the sounds too!

So The Beatles ripped off Motown now to create their sound from 1966 on....????? LOL .....What American music were they trying to emulate or upgrade their sound to? They were leading the world in music from 1963. So, we're to attribute George Martin moving McCartney's bass more up front in the sound mixes to James Jamerson......give me a freaking break. This is history being rewritten at its worst. Bass guitar lines were simplistic and almost nonexistent and hardly audible in Motown recordings from the early 60's. What manure. McCartney elevated bass guitar parts and the tonal output.....but let's not necessarily credit USA pop, rockabilly, R & B, soul too much.

Top notch vid. Your coverage of the compressors and limiters was great.

Great track mate! Release an album like this!!

what song was used for the intro?

Excellent! Outstanding!! From start to finish!!! Thank you.

Revolver is one of my favourite albums, you did a great job recreating the sound. You aught to put out an album of this kind of material! keep it up, cheers.

Is there a link to the full song?

Well done!

Thanks for inspiring back story information about the recording and techniques used for The Beatles "Revolver" record❤

your song at the end sounds like Real Estate!!

Under the snare. I knew it... I tried it once but didn't really work out.. But that's that crisp snarey snare.

Oooohhh Fairchild. Gimmee

It's hysterical that EMI had all these "rules" for recording
The engineers even had to wear lab coats.

Ringos drum part on tomorrow never knows wasnt a loop! He played it all!

sounds like liam gallagher's new album

Well done ! Love the tones on your tracks !

Best fucking video ever in my fucking life 👏🤓

I love the cymbal compression sound on this album and on Rain.

Amazing technology for the 1960s.

Good song.

The Pro Tools DB-33 is a midi instrument. So not sure you can send vocals through just the Leslie speaker section? Will have a look at it though.

Revolver is better than Sgt Pepper
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The only tiny little thing I have to point out is your pic of EMI Tony Clarke is of Tony Clarke who was a producer for Deram and later Moody Blues,otherwise this is mindblowing!

I see George in his Dylan cap and sunglasses playing a Burns guitar. Peter Noone of the Hermits was rummaging around Abbey Road closest when he came across a tape box that said "The Beatles For Noone" and assumed it was a gift from the Fabs. So he put it back on the shelf and waited for them to present him with their thoughtful gift. He waited . . . and he waited . . . then one day Revolver comes out with "For No One" on it.

American Revolver was the worst. It had what, 2 Lennon songs, one of which was crummy. A hodgepodge of other stuff, mostly Paul songs. George’s negative Taxman, and some more Indian drivel. It was their worst. That album before, with the luggage trunk cover, was their last good American album. It was all downhill from there.

Superb!

Why is there no film recording of them actually recording in the studio? They were a huge band, but we only get posed stills until much later. Makes you wonder.

First Beatles project with deliberate backmasking

full version of the song???

i give this video a 10 from the Texas Judge

That is the sound of a rubbish band

RIP Mr emmerick, you were genius.thank you

Im greatful they could come up with the effects to make such amazing sounds. It is still sounds amazing in the modern day, Revolver and white album are my desert island LPS

I thought you put the mic in the bass drum

Really nice video and I like to playing at the end

I love the song at the end—is this your composition? Great stuff !

This was really interesting. I liked the track at the end. ✌️☮️❤️

When you're talking about the Artificial Double Tracking, you fail to distinguish (or explain) the difference between straight ADT (in which the signal is copied onto a second track or bus and the varispeed is used to add a slight delay, thereby tricking the ear into thinking there are two voices, etc.) and "flanging" in which the ADT signal was actually sped up and slowed down with the varispeed to create the "whooshing" phasing sound.

Super interesting!

what settings did you use for the amplitude guitar sound?

Shouldn’t the bass be a picked muted note for more attack and less scoop?

Nice Job all around and sweet results

I enjoyed that

Wow this is great!!

this is awesome

"Tomorrow Never Knows" is still my number 1 favorite Beatles song BECAUSE it could only be done in the studio with the available technology that sparked the creativity of amazing musicians who wanted to try something different. And basically turning the recording gear into instruments as well. To me this is just as important as the addition of Synthesizers in "Here comes the Sun" as an additional layer of delightful thickness.

i was lucky enough to see GEOFF E. speak and even got to meet him afterward. i was about 3 seconds away from doing the 'wayne's world' bow but, alas, i kept my composure (wasn't easy i gotta say).

as it happens i have THE BEATS tattooed on my left arm (first tat i ever got) and over the years i've been asked who's my fave BEATLE. my answer is none. i love all 4 equally and i would also say GEORGE MARTIN and the various brilliant, innovative, ground breaking engineers they were lucky enough to have at their disposal (but most especially GEOFF E.) all contributed equally to the greatness that is (as 'time' magazine referred to them) "the world's most beloved rock n' roll band".

Brilliant video, thank you!