The new console featured 24 microphone inputs and eight tape outputs, which came in handy, given the complexity of the sound effects the guys wanted on the album. Nearby, both AIR and Morgan had 16-track facilities, which Abbey Road acquired in time for Dark Side.įor a mixing board, Abbey Road now had an EMI TG12345, its first solid-state, replacing the REDD. Significantly, the band felt they had to move on from Abbey Road to finish “Echoes” (comprising all of side two of Meddle) because, at the time, it was limited to eight-track recording. Pink Floyd had recorded there regularly over the years (although not exclusively), with the most significant recent visits being for 1970’s Atom Heart Mother and portions of 1971’s Meddle. Inextricably linked with EMI, Abbey Road Studios had at times been state of the art and sometimes not.
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