How The Beatles Recorded I'm Only Sleeping - A Deep Dive

#thebeatles #warmaudio #tascam_official #cassette #analog Cassette tape cover: https://youtu.be/cjizkpkmDNc Today, I break down how The Beatles recorded I’m Only Sleeping—exploring Varispeed, A.D.T. (Artificial Double Tracking), and backwards recording to see how they crafted this classic. Let me know your thoughts in the comments! -Adam *** As some commenters correctly pointed out, Paul almost certainly used his Rickenbacker on this song. My primary source of info and the holy grail of all things Beatles recording - Recording The Beatles by By Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew: https://www.curvebenderpublishing.com/product-page/recording-the-beatles-the-studio-equipment-and-techniques-used A great read which helped me understand the process: http://www.beatlesebooks.com/im-only-sleeping Also if you want to learn more about syncing your Portastudio to a computer via SMPTE timecode, @wehappyfewmusic did an incredible tutorial HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2PPCFRgJ7k&ab_channel=wehappyfewmusic Contents: 0:00 - Intro 0:18 - Varispeed 4:38 - Mic Techniques 8:03 - Backward Guitar 10:46 - A.D.T. (Artificial Double Tracking) 14:16 - Final Thoughts