Nod to The Legend · The inventions · 1966
Ken Townsend and ADT
Abbey Road engineer
John Lennon hated singing his vocals twice for double tracking. Townsend rigged a second tape machine to play the vocal back a few milliseconds late with a little wobble, and Artificial Double Tracking was born for Revolver.
Still heard: Every doubler and chorus plugin is a cousin of ADT.
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