brassplyer
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I was reading the Wikipedia article about Paul Simon's song "You Can Call Me Al".
At some point there's the quoted paragraph below. What would "tape delays" have to do with making vocals more clear for mixing purposes?
"After the song's completion, it was mixed at The Hit Factory alongside the rest of Graceland, at an average of two days per song.[3] Simon's vocals on the song are rather quick-paced, which made them difficult to mix over the numerous instruments in the backing track. After much work on the track, Simon's long-time engineer Roy Halee used tape delays feeding separately into the two audio channels, which made the vocals clear."
At some point there's the quoted paragraph below. What would "tape delays" have to do with making vocals more clear for mixing purposes?
"After the song's completion, it was mixed at The Hit Factory alongside the rest of Graceland, at an average of two days per song.[3] Simon's vocals on the song are rather quick-paced, which made them difficult to mix over the numerous instruments in the backing track. After much work on the track, Simon's long-time engineer Roy Halee used tape delays feeding separately into the two audio channels, which made the vocals clear."