It was more George Martin and his engineers taking direction from the Beatles´ verbal descriptions of how they wanted something to sound than the actual Beatles doing it. Paul was the most tech-savvy of the four and most likely the only one who had genuine hands-on experience in the workings of the studio.
Totally agree ,with limited tech it was a collaborative effort,producer have it easy nowadays,with unlimited tracks etc.The irony is there are now software emulations of the equipment they were using then.ie studer tape,UAD Redd 17 and 37 and TG 12345 desks Waves emulations.The willing and desire to experiment was a big part of it.😊
I'm pretty sure they did record vocals twice, in many cases, and sometimes John and Paul would sing in unison. Popular in the day was "sound-on-sound", but I don't believe the Beatles ever used it.
I think it was time constraints,mainly,Lennon in particular didn't like the process of overdubbing,.Also in part the limitations of tracks on recorders available.Which,however increased in time.
The genius of George Martin.
It was more George Martin and his engineers taking direction from the Beatles´ verbal descriptions of how they wanted something to sound than the actual Beatles doing it. Paul was the most tech-savvy of the four and most likely the only one who had genuine hands-on experience in the workings of the studio.
Totally agree ,with limited tech it was a collaborative effort,producer have it easy nowadays,with unlimited tracks etc.The irony is there are now software emulations of the equipment they were using then.ie studer tape,UAD Redd 17 and 37 and TG 12345 desks Waves emulations.The willing and desire to experiment was a big part of it.😊
I'm pretty sure they did record vocals twice, in many cases, and sometimes John and Paul would sing in unison. Popular in the day was "sound-on-sound", but I don't believe the Beatles ever used it.
I think it was time constraints,mainly,Lennon in particular didn't like the process of overdubbing,.Also in part the limitations of tracks on recorders available.Which,however increased in time.