Word for the Day Archive

Double Tracking

The process of recording a track, then recording a second track while listening to the first and duplicating it. When the two tracks are played back together, the result is a slight "chorusing" and fattening of the signal due to minor pitch and timing differences between the two performances. Double tracking is an effective tool, and has been used extensively in most pop music styles. Vocals, melodic parts, rhythm guitars, and solos are common candidates for doubling, tripling or even more (you can never have too many rhythm guitar tracks in our opinion).