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1.14pm
17 May 2015
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I record a lot of Beatles multitrack covers, and I’m dying to get that awesome metallic/clanky tambourine sound that you hear on songs like “Help “, “Taxman “, and “And Your Bird Can Sing “. Is there a specific kind of tambourine I can buy to get this sound? Or do I want to just go and try out as many tambourines as I can till I find one with very little ring and a very dull sound?
If anyone knows anything about this, it would be much appreciated.
"When you listen late at night, you may feel the words are not quite right. But they are. I just wrote them myself." -Only a Northern Song (Anthology Version)
5.49am
24 March 2014
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maybe this could help you, @NotQuiteGeorge
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10.49am
8 January 2015
Offline It sounds to me like a combination of playing style and production choice. And Your Bird Can Sing is interesting because it sounds like there’s two tambourines, one (or perhaps a maraca) played possibly with a drum stick like a ride cymbal, and the other handheld played at a cross-rhythm. I wouldn’t rule out an EQ-ed maraca, there’s little detail on all the percussion in any of those songs.
I'm like Necko only I'm a bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin and also everyone. Or is everyone me? Now I'm a confused bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin everyone who is definitely not @Joe. This has been true for 2016 & 2017 
but I may have to get more specific in the future.
4.45am
20 September 2013
Offline To get that sound, you need a closely-miked wood-rimmed tambourine (not plastic like today), a room with a certain amount of natural reverb (Studio 2 size), an all analogue signal path (from robust vintage microphones through equally robust and hard-driven compressors to a valve console and ye olde tape machine), the engineering expertise to drive the signal hard through the equipment, plus the natural talent of a Beatle!
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Beatlebug, Ahhh Girl8.19am
1 August 2014
Offline I always wondered the same about that clanky sound on Wait . I want to reproduce that 🙁
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