🎤 To record again ↩️ To go back 🚂 To fix tracks

to retrack

1 7.6

To record a music or voice part again in a studio

verb
/ˌriːˈtræk/

Specialized

: volver a grabar

After listening to the playback, she chose to retrack her vocals for better clarity.

Examples

Producers often ask artists to retrack certain parts to improve the final mix.
The band decided to retrack the guitar solo to achieve a cleaner sound.
They will retrack the vocals for the album.
The producer retracked the guitar parts last night.
The band decided to retrack the guitar solo to achieve a cleaner sound.
After listening to the playback, she chose to retrack her vocals for better clarity.
Producers often ask artists to retrack certain parts to improve the final mix.

Synonyms

to audiotape

vsto retrack

Archaic

2 4.8

To record sound on tape

is about replacing a musical or audio part again in studio settings

to rerecord

vsto retrack

2 3.8

Make a new audio or video version of something made before

is used for replacing a musical or audio part again in a studio

to rec

vsto retrack

Informal

1 9.8

To make an audio or video file to use later

refers to recording again to replace a studio musical part

to retape

vsto retrack

Specialized

1 4.9

Record sound or video again to fix a bad recording

focuses on replacing a musical or audio part in a studio

Antonyms

to erase

19 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

How Thorough

to retrack

Specialized

1 7.6

to edit

297 1.5

to overdub

Specialized

4 6.8

tweak

35 3.9

Surface Forms

retrack infinitive

retracked past

retracked past participle

retracking present participle

retracks third person singular

Morphology

retrack = track (transparent) = re + track

This is regular prefixation with 're-' meaning 'again', yielding the sense of recording or replacing a track again.

Etymology

Retrack combines re- 'again' and track 'a music track' or 'recorded song part', so it means to record or replace a part again in the studio.