How to get the 'Revolver' sound

[monquixote]

All very useful stuff, cheers.

Would just copy and pasting the vocal into another track achieve the same effect as ADT?

Speaking of vocals, i'd love to be able to replicate some the stylings of the way Tame Impala's are produced. Ove their drum sound too. Any idea on how to get close to those?

Software wise i've the Garageband Jampacks and the Wave Complete v7 plug ins. Are there any effects you could recommend I use etc?

Just pasting it to another track will just make it louder. You would need to move it slightly or just apply a short delay to a single track.

They also used manual double tracking as well (just doing everything twice)

[jim_branning]

There's a book called " Recording the Beatles" that will tell you about as much as anyone could tell you :

See here : http://curvebender.com/rtb.html

The best way to learn recording and mixing techniques (once you have learn the engineering thoery ) is to listen hard to what your hearing and then try to copy it. But in the case of the Beatles, the sonic signiture is all about the charactor of their voices and the arrangments. I love the band and the songs but in all honesty the recordings aren't great. Good for the time but it's the strength of the songs that make people love em, not the fidelilty.
So to ape that nowdays lose some high end, use tape saturation plugins like the Massey Tape Head plug or similar, get the singer to double himself rather than just copying the vocal track and time shifting it. Bury the drums and mix the lead vocal and harmony vocal head and shoulders above everything else with a lot of compresion and a tiny bit of distortion. Probably won't sound too much like the Beatles though.

what? the original recordings/masters (not the awful remastered ones) are exceptional recordings in fact. never mind the time.

[monquixote]

what? the original recordings/masters (not the awful remastered ones) are exceptional recordings in fact. never mind the time.

They are infinitely inventive in terms of the techniques used, but they are rather lacking in punch and low end compared to Motown (for example)

[stickyfiddle]

what? the original recordings/masters (not the awful remastered ones) are exceptional recordings in fact. never mind the time.

OMG THIS. Compared to anything else pre-1970 the clarity of recording is exceptional.

[Big Paulie]

OMG THIS. Compared to anything else pre-1970 the clarity of recording is exceptional.

I'm assuming you're excepting Messrs Wilson and Spector here?

[jim_branning]

OMG THIS. Compared to anything else pre-1970 the clarity of recording is exceptional.

i wouldnt go as far as that. plenty of great recordings from that era and before

[Danny1969]

In terms of fidelity the recordings aren't great due to the limited number of tracks, which forced them to bounce down to free up tracks. You can't bounce from tape to tape without losing something. I'm not saying it wasn't engineered well and mixed well, it's just they had to work within the limitations of the equipment there at that time. Most of the Beatles albums were down on 4 track, Abbey Road didn't go 8 track until well after a lot of American studios did. I think the Beatles only had use of the 8 track for the last 2 albums.

[koneguitarist]

It can be quite interesting panning some of the Beatles stuff, all drums one side, listen to Lennons vocal on get back, atrocious in isolation yet works when in the mix. So I think Danomess may have the answer.

[Big Paulie]

...listen to Lennons vocal on get back, atrocious in isolation yet works when in the mix

Much like McCartney's on "The long and winding road".

The "pitch-corrected" version sounds awful by comparison.

[octatonic]

Recording 100% digitally?

Then you need this: http://www.slatedigital.com/products/vcc/
and this will help as well: http://www.slatedigital.com/products/vcc

Really though I think this is a fools errand.
The only 'modern' band I've heard vaguely in the ballpark of the greatness of those Beatles records are Jellyfish- and they broke up, what, 15 years ago.
Plus they recorded to tape.
And were extraordinarily gifted at recording in that style.

And their records still don't sound the same as the Beatles....just roughly approximate.

Also, what converters are you using?
You want something very neutral sounding.

What valve preamp are you using?