CHAPTER 12Multitrack in a Two-Car Garage

There has been a proliferation of small studios in basements, barns, garages, and other locations in and around private residences. Some of these are built by the members of new bands who figure that such a facility will help them develop their musical techniques and enable them to record demonstrations and other records at leisure without high studio charges. Some are built by advanced audiophiles who have become jaded to further improvements in the living room hi-fi, but are challenged by recording techniques. Such a private studio is a logical next step after experimenting with multichannel recording with a four-track consumer type tape recorder. This type of experimentation soon runs headlong into ...

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