Galeazzo Frudua explains the Overdubbing and Double Tracking Vocal Recording Technique

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http://www.youtube.com/imcarrying In this video Galeazzo Frudua producer and vocal coach explains how to doubletrack and overdub a vocal track vocals for that amazing effect. Double tracking is an audio recording technique in which a performer sings or plays along with their own prerecorded performance, usually to produce a stronger or "bigger" sound than can be obtained with a single voice or instrument. It is a form of overdubbing; the distinction comes from the doubling of a part, as opposed to recording a different part to go with the first. The effect can be further enhanced by panning one of the performances hard left and the other hard right in the stereo field. The first cited use of the process was pioneered by Walt Disney himself in 1950's Cinderella. When Ilene Woods had completed the days recording of "Sing Sweet Nightingale", Walt listened and asked her if she could sing harmony with herself. She was apprehensive about the idea as it was unheard of though she ended up singing the double recording, including second and third part harmonies. Ilene Woods reveals the innovation in an interview. Patti Page also made use of the technique, soon after. Artificial or automatic double tracking, also known as ADT, was developed at Abbey Road Studios by engineers recording The Beatles in the 1960s. It used variable speed tape recorders connected in such a way as to mimic the effect created by double tracking. ADT produced a unique sound which could be imitated but not precisely duplicated by later analog and digital delay devices, which are capable of producing an effect called doubling echo. John Lennon, who particularly enjoyed using the technique for his vocals while in the Beatles, also referred to his home-studio overdubbing technique as "double tracking", but this is not standard usage, since he recorded new parts. Lennon's post-Beatles albums frequently employed doubling echo on his vocals in place of the ADT. Some critics complained that the effect gave the impression that Lennon recorded all his vocals in a bathroom, but some performers, like Black Francis and Paul Simon, value the rich echo chamber sound that it produces. Overdubbing (the process of making an overdub, or overdubs) is a technique used in audio recording, whereby a performer listens to an existing recorded performance, and plays a new performance along with it, which is also recorded. The intention is that the final mix will contain a combination of these overdubs. Tracking (or "laying the basic tracks") of the rhythm section (usually including drums) to a song, then following with overdubs (solo instruments, such as keyboards or guitar, then finally vocals), has been the standard technique for recording popular music since the early 1960s. Today, overdubbing can be accomplished even on basic recording equipment, or a typical PC equipped with a sound card, using software such as ProTools. Full vocal harmony breakdown Operatic session: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBk2MDDe6pk Detailed vocal lesson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCSTaKijZ8Y Cover with basetrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7142sFAeaH4 Cover no basetrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-JkWQgaGc Galeazzo Frudua explains how the Overdubbing and Double Tracking Vocal Recording Techniques work for vocals in this excerpt from Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Opera Section Vocal Harmony Breakdown video. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/imcarrying http://www.frudua.com http://www.facebook.com/galeazzo.frudua