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  • adjective music Recorded on multiple tracks

Etymologies

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multi- + track + -ed

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Examples

  • Later I 'multitracked' on my own by recording bas and drums onto one stereo ( "hifi stereo") casettedeck, then playing the tape back and play along the piano line and record that 'mix' on deck two; I never went further than four to and fro bounces, as it would make the drums lose too much of its high freq content.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2010

  • On their eighth album, the typically unpredictable primary influences seem to be Nick Lowe's spiky new wave and the multitracked Beatles of Abbey Road.

    Wilco: The Whole Love - review 2011

  • It was recorded by the Haydn Quartet in 1905, Benny Goodman in 1935, and Les Paul multitracked it in 1951.

    Paul Morley's Showing Off… | Music 2010

  • The show includes Nicholson's photographs of the last-surviving London darkrooms alongside an installation by Lewis Durham of the young rockabilly group Kitty, Daisy & Lewis in which he has recreated a reel-to-reel, multitracked tape studio, as well as works by interactive design duo Zigelbaum + Coelho and artist Clare Mitten, who has constructed laptop and mobile phone-like sculptures from packaging and stationery.

    Analog – review 2010

  • At one point, Joanna Newsom sets her harp against multitracked voices and brass.

    Joanna Newsom Maps A Triple-Album Heart 2010

  • The band Pomplamoose videotapes themselves recording their multitracked songs and assembles the footage into a single video.

    Visualizing Music | Live Granades 2009

  • The only sounds were the staccato bursts of exploding fireworks and the multitracked oohs of appreciation echoing from every rooftop, from everywhere.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

  • 'Fine Knack for Ladies' dials down Edin Karamazov's omnipresent lute for multitracked vocals, while 'Clear or Cloudy' features a breathy, upbeat melody around which Sting clearly relishes wrapping his husky pipes.

    Songs From The Labyrinth 2006

  • 'Fine Knack for Ladies' dials down Edin Karamazov's omnipresent lute for multitracked vocals, while 'Clear or Cloudy' features a breathy, upbeat melody around which Sting clearly relishes wrapping his husky pipes.

    Songs From The Labyrinth 2006

  • The only sounds were the staccato bursts of exploding fireworks and the multitracked oohs of appreciation echoing from every rooftop, from everywhere.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

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