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Title: Double tracking
Post by: starofwonder on October 25, 2014, 11:05:28 PM
 Have I got the term right....  ?

singing  over  the  original  singing  track .... !

I m  sure  Paul  does  it  on  ... Things  we  said  today ...

and  its  prob  used  all over the  Beatles  recording  career....

A little bit of  studio  trickery ... it  makes  the  voice  track  richer and  more  powerful .
Title: Re: Double tracking
Post by: Hello Goodbye on October 25, 2014, 11:25:25 PM
You've got it right.  And The Beatles started doing that early on.

In Slow Down, John sings "But now you don't care a dime for me" on one track and "But now you've got a boyfriend down the street" on the other...


Slow Down-The Beatles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV30ktRkVEM#)
1:19

Title: Re: Double tracking
Post by: nimrod on October 26, 2014, 02:04:49 AM
Quote from: starofwonder on October 25, 2014, 11:05:28 PM
Have I got the term right....  ?

singing  over  the  original  singing  track .... !

I m  sure  Paul  does  it  on  ... Things  we  said  today ...

and  its  prob  used  all over the  Beatles  recording  career....

A little bit of  studio  trickery ... it  makes  the  voice  track  richer and  more  powerful .

and then they invented a machine to do it for them, called ADT
Title: Re: Double tracking
Post by: Hello Goodbye on October 26, 2014, 03:01:04 AM
Quote from: Kangaroo Kev on October 26, 2014, 02:04:49 AM
and then they invented a machine to do it for them, called ADT


Yeah, Kev.  Artificial or Automatic Double Tracking.  We heard a lot of that in Revolver...


The Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere (Mono) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd9HrO1b7pk#)
Title: Re: Double tracking
Post by: Hello Goodbye on October 26, 2014, 03:05:19 AM
Buddy Holly was double tracking (overdubbing) in 1956...


Buddy Holly and his loved Maria Elena, Words of love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P70mg3ZcjGI#)


Buddy Holly Words Of Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfollv1111I#)
Title: Re: Double tracking
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on October 27, 2014, 07:38:22 PM
The song "A Hard Day's Night" is another example of double-tracking, among many.

In the later years, John also recorded two different vocals in "Revolution" doing deliberate "mistakes".
Title: Re: Double tracking
Post by: pc31 on October 29, 2014, 12:28:22 AM
eddie cochran also use to double track himself in the 50s...
Title: Re: Double tracking
Post by: Hello Goodbye on October 29, 2014, 01:58:26 AM
Quote from: pc31 on October 29, 2014, 12:28:22 AM
eddie cochran also use to double track himself in the 50s...


He double tracks guitar here...


Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody - 1958 - 45 RPM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BjOenH8lJw#)





Les Paul and Mary Ford explain and demonstrate multi-tracking in 1951...


Les Paul Explains Multitrack Recording (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1V5ajYincI#)