🎛️ Recording device 🎚️ Using many tracks 💽 Audio recording 🎤 To record separately

to multitrack

5.4

To record different instruments or voices separately on individual tracks so they can be mixed later

verb
/ˈmʌltiˌtræk/

Specialized

: grabar en multipista

It is never too late (or early) to learn the techniques and cultural aspects of musical practices such as remixing, creating mash-ups, or multitracking a cappella music and video clips.

Examples

To achieve a rich sound, the band decided to multitrack each instrument separately.
But it enabled me to start experimenting with and understanding the concept of, of multitrack recording and over dubbing.
On the more rocking songs, he and Swift excel at building them to what would seem a peak, only to top that with a well-placed pedal steel, nicely multitracked vocals, or a string.

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In the studio, the engineer will multitrack the vocals and instruments for optimal sound mixing.
Many artists prefer to multitrack their recordings to have more control during the mixing process.

Synonyms

to overdub

vsto multitrack

Specialized

1 6.8

To record a new sound over an existing recording without removing the original

records parts separately on individual tracks for mixing later

Surface Forms

multitrack infinitive

multitracked past

multitracked past participle

multitracking present participle

multitracks third person singular

Morphology

multitrack = multitrack (transparent) = multi + track

The verb is a zero-derived use based on the adjective 'multitrack'.

Etymology

Multitrack comes from the parts multi- meaning 'many' and track meaning 'path' or 'lane'. A useful way to remember the verb is to picture recording each instrument on its own lane, so to multitrack is to record parts separately on multiple tracks so they can be mixed later.