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The Beatles Sergeant Pepper's Album Was The Most Ambitious Album of The Bands Career and at The Time
The Beatles Sergeant Pepper's Album Was The Most Ambitious Album of The Bands Career and at The Time
Akil Yearwood
Panning effect is used in the track by making the guitar extreme
right, vocal and bass central and drum kit and harpsichord left. This
makes the overall song unbalanced. Panning means to move a
signal from the left to the right of a stereo field, or vice versa. Refers
to moving an audio signal left or right in the stereo spectrum. Also
called the balance control. All stereo audio mixers have panning,
and most software sequencers allow you to set and change panning.
And finally, another self-evident application of recording technology
occurs in the song Good Morning, which includes a whole array of
animal sounds towards the ending. The animals in this section are
intended to increase in wildness as the passage.
Other technological innovations in this song include the creation of
an aggressive instrumental sound by close microphone placement
and heavy compression of the ensuing signal. The song is also
innovative in regard of its rhythm and meter with, continual changes
between 4/4,3/4, and 5/4 time signatures. The song ends as it began
with clucking chicken sound effect, cleverly placed so that it segues
into the guitar on the next track.
To conclude, The Beatles were very innovative and creative in their
use of recording technology by using different sounds and effects in
the album. The album itself was original as it was the first album to
use more than four tracks in the production of the album making
this a groundbreaking album that revolutionised music for the
future.