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Details Song: Find the Cost of FreedomArtist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungGenre / Style: Folk Rock / A Cappella Protest HymnDate(s) Recorded: May 21, 1970Original Record Company & Catalog #: Atlantic Records – 45-2740Release Date: June 1970YouTube Search: Listen on YouTube Personnel and session credits Musicians & Session Performers: Stephen Stills - Martin D-45 Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal Neil Young - Harmony Vocal Studio and recording technology Studio details for this recording are still being verified.
Reported gear and setup (not independently verified) Tracking Studio & Room: The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, Studio 3Mixing / Overdub Studio: The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, Studio 3Mixing Console / Desk: Custom Spectra Sonics 24-Channel ConsoleMultitrack Tape Machine & Format: 3M M56 16-Track (2-inch @ 15 IPS)Studio Monitors: Altec 604E Super DuplexKey Outboard Processors & Hardware Units: EMT 140 (Plate Reverb): Added to vocal bus return to supply subtle room resonanceTeletronix LA-2A (Optical Compressor): Used during vocal tracking for smooth peak levelingUniversal Audio 176 (Variable-Mu Limiter): Inserted on acoustic guitar preamp channel to control picking transientsPultec EQP-1A (Inductor Equalizer): Applied across master vocal stems to boost high-frequency sheen at 10 kHzSynthesizers, Drum Machines & Electronic Instruments: None utilized: Session restricted entirely to acoustic guitar and human voicesSignal chains covered in the full track sheet Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Acoustic Guitar (Stephen Stills), Lead Vocal (Stephen Stills), Harmony Vocal (David Crosby), Harmony Vocal (Graham Nash), Harmony Vocal (Neil Young).
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