Then Studio Manager and inventor of ADT Ken Townsend with a J37 1981.

Double tracking vocals examples. Two identical vocal tracks will just increase the volume of the section. Maybe it sounds really good if you use it only in your chorus. Brian Wilson certainly doesnt claim to have invented it but you can clearly hear that the vocals on Surfer Girl from 1962 are double tracked.

Artificial Double Tracking is one of the most iconic of all Abbey Road tape effects. Variation controls the level of human-like expression making the doubled signal seem like a. I found this vocal only track of Eminems Lose Yourself released in 2002 and you can hear the vocal double track as I defined it earlier.

But notice it isnt perfect or sound like one take. It can have a powerful effect if you start with a single track and then add double tracking for your vocal as the song progresses. Doubling vocals is one of the most common ways to thicken up a vocal sound and it adds a dimension to the track that no artificial processing can do.

Plugins such as Antares Duo create two slightly different parts from the same vocal source by varying the pitch timing and other factors. Its simple in terms of the process. Double tracking or doubling 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.

Music is like a rollercoaster ride you want it to go up and down and up in energy over the course of the song. If done correctly the listener wont notice and it will make a stronger-sounding production. This thickens the entire vocal section and makes it more interesting.

It has all the music removed and is just John and Pauls vocal tracks. This can be achieved by either recording a second track on top of the first one or by using an Automatic Double-Tracking Plugin. The beginning is just John double-tracked.