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	Automatic double tracking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the 1950s it was discovered that doubletracking lead vocals in popular song recordings gave them a much stronger and more appealing sound (especially for singers with weak or light voices).
		He developed it mainly at the instigation of John Lennon, who hated the tedious doubletracking sessions and regularly expressed a desire for a technical solution to the problem.
		However, the doubletracking effect relied on the almost inaudible millisecond delays between the guide vocal and the doubletracked vocal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Automatic_double_tracking (555 words)

	Doubletracking - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Doubletracking is an audio recording technique, in which a performer sings or plays along with their own prerecorded part, for dramatic effect or to produce a stronger sound than with a single voice or instrument.
		Artificial or automatic doubletracking, also known as ADT, was developed at Abbey Road Studios by engineers recording the Beatles in the 1960s.
		John Lennon referred to his home-studio technique of overdubbing sounds with a pair of tape recorders to make song demos as "doubletracking", but this usage isn't technically correct; rather than laying the same part over, Lennon would normally add different parts to the originals.
	doubletracking.quickseek.com (188 words)

	A Shroud of Thoughts
		The album represented a number of stylistic advancements and hence a new sophistication that had not been seen in a rock album before.
		Indeed, the album represents the first use of automatic doubletracking or ADT.
		This replaced the previous doubletracking technique in which a singer would have to sing a vocal again or a musican would have to play an instrumental piece again, careful to synchronise everything with the original.
	mercurie.blogspot.com /2006_01_22_mercurie_archive.html (2904 words)

	Question on Fireflies - Page 2 - The Ledge
		But it seems a safe bet that the initial recordings were made in this hall, as a live band (everybody playing together), and were then patched up a bit for the live album with both traditional mixing and mastering as well as some doubletracking.
		That in itself isn't necessarily proof of doubletracking in Christine's case (there are occasions when she played electric piano and organ together, like on "Dreams" chorus) but it highly suggests it.
		The acoustic piano is different because it isn't close enough in proximity to the organ.
	ledge.fleetwoodmac.net /showthread.php?p=512990 (1090 words)

	What do you read, my lord?: Papa M - Six
		Lovely Room has a wonderfully redemptive moment, though – the guitar solo that bestrides the tune is quite… well, lovely.
		Doubletracking and what sounds like pitch-shifting push something that’s certainly not a Steve Vai-style solo into the realm of the beautiful.
		Unfortunately, it’s not enough to lift the disc out of the general bland area it’s resting in.
	www.captainfez.com /writing/2004/04/papa-m-six.html (537 words)

	Most Light Rail Projects Within Budget, on Time
		Mather Field Road extension (2.5 mi), plus doubletracking of the starter line from Starfire to Butterfield and doubling of the Brighton Bridge were all completed on time and for about $37 mn – about 10% under total project estimate of $40 million.
		For example, the agency may decide to go with doubletracking rather than singletracking, or to upgrade the signal system, or to build a larger park and ride facility at one or more stations.
		They may opt to purchase additional adjacent land – possibly to farm out later for development, or to purchase extra land for parking, in anticipation of future growth.
	www.lightrailnow.org /myths/m_lrt009.htm (1179 words)

	Interoffice Romance - Future Banquet Facilities - Review on Shmat Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I think this is a wise choice, for while singer Brian Strazek attacks the lyrics with a confident presence, the times when he's left all alone and the band quiets down feel like the most dangerous as far as the band losing fans.
		His wobbly voice benefits much from doubletracking and a perfect example is on Fuseloge where nice soaring choruses are strong contrast to the near derailment of the earlier bare voice intro.
		If you move beyond the sometimes distracting "character" in his voice, the songs can be quite beautiful.
	www.shmat.com /reviews.php?page=detail&rev=287 (356 words)

	The Score of Muscle Beach Party Music of the Beach Party Movies
		It’s a quiet, reflective piece, just Annette and a muted jazz guitar as background, with nice camerawork of her under the firelight.
		This could have been a beautiful, sensitive musical sequence, but it isn’t; the doubletracking and echo applied to Annette’s vocal is seriously overdone, which makes her and the song sound canned and artificial.
		That’s unfortunate, because it’s one of the few ballads written for these films that had not only a nice melody but also comparatively intelligent lyrics.
	www.beachpartymoviemusic.com /TheScoreofMuscleBeachParty.html (1619 words)

	SO.CA.TA Transit Advocate Orange County Committee March 2002
		RAOC chair Barry Christensen passed along some notes from the Metrolink Orange-Santa Ana doubletracking project meeting, held February 27th in Santa Ana.
		Most attendees seemed to be angry neighbors, some of whom were very rude and received "straight shootin' " answers from various staff members.
		It is estimated that daily train counts through the doubletracking area will reach 105, but the number of freights is quite variable.
	www.socata.net /taoc0302.html (1413 words)

	New Amtrak Funding in Proposed CA Budget
		o $48 million for additional doubletracking on the Pacific Surfliner corridor.
		o $29.4 million for additional doubletracking on the San Joaquin corridor; specifically mentioned is Oakley/Pittsburg.
		o $20.6 million for additional doubletracking on the Capitol corridor; specifically mentioned is Sacramento/Davis.
	www.trainorders.com /discussion/read.php?4,491194,nodelay=1 (229 words)

	Failure. - Page 4 - RailroadForums.Com
		Your line about improving infrastructure touches of something I've discussed with a few people before.
		IMO, CSX would profit greatly in the long run from doubletracking its north-south mainline.
		Yes the intitial costs would be big and it would cause an increase in maintenance costs, but the capacity that those lines could handle would bring greater profits.
	www.railroadforums.com /forum/showthread.php?p=106083 (1211 words)

	The Empire State Passenger Association Newsletter, January-February 2001
		Joe Landry served as Counsel to the Assembly Transportation Committee in the early 1990's, and later as Counsel and Chief of Staff to the Assembly Majority Leader. During the early 1990's he worked closely with ESPA when funds for rail were included in the "Locked Box" Transportation Fund that became law in 1993.
		Several rail projects funded then--including the Albany-Schenectady doubletracking and enlargement of the Depew station--were suggested by ESPA.
		At that time Landry was a lead negotiator for the Assembly.
	www.trainweb.org /espa/espa201.htm (3624 words)

	Costs of expanding the freight rail system? - RailroadForums.Com
		I think GE is building a mainline locomotive like that, that will be way more efficent.
		4) Doubletracking, triple tracking etc., can be a problem in some areas such as tunnels, but otherwise I really don't see a problem.
		Why, so much rail lines have been abondened, I don't think putting them back online would be much of a problem, not mentioning building new routes.
	www.railroadforums.com /forum/showthread.php?t=7476 (784 words)

	What do you think of this sound? - Sevenstring.org
		Are you using the neck pickup, cos that could be what I'm hearing that I don't agree with.
		Also for the rhythm, try doubletracking it or doubling the amount of tracks your using at the moment.
		I dunno though, if your happy with it go for it, thats just what I would change.
	www.sevenstring.org /forum/showthread.php?t=763 (190 words)

	Zakk Wylde's Imfamous Pinches - Music & Musician Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He has very strong arms and he hits a pinch on his heaviest of riffs and pulls lets say the A string to the position of the B and back-forth
		Besides, you can doubletrack yourself live, with one of those stereo pitchishifting gizmos or whatever.
		I can hit harmonics pretty well now, I have been practicing vigorously for the past week.
	www.musicianforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=357683 (654 words)

	Recording (Page 7) - Music123 - ShopTony
		Voice One is a vocal pitch, enhancement and transformation tool for engineers, producers and musicians whose studio...
		4 Harmony voices, mic pre, lead voice doubletracking & TC reverb.
		The AC 24 stereo 4-way Crossover combines conventional analog controls and DSP signal processing.
	www.shoptony.com /recording-3034-7-7.htm (232 words)

	The Song Fight Network :: View topic - Recording Acoustic Guitar
		whenever you doubletrack (not record a stereo field, but just putting 2 mics on an instrument in arbitrary positions), take a quick shot at phase-matching it and see how it sounds.
		Doubling a part means playing the part twice, essentially the same way, on two separate channels.
		Blue's comments on checking phase-matching when "doubletracking" above are useful advice when doing a stereo recording of an instrument.
	www.songfight.net /forums/viewtopic.php?t=742&highlight=mastering (2931 words)

	It's All About the Songs #1 quiz
		What song starts in the key of E major then modulates up to F major in the solo?
		Which of these songs does not feature John doubletracking himself in harmony?
		What was the last original album to include a "cover" song?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz133463f495d0.html (181 words)

	instrument localizing on the stereo spectrum Free discussion
		I was hoping some of you could share your tracking and panning
		What I have found is that it is so tempting to doubletrack
		You can just doubletrack the guitar and push the volume up on the side
	ryxi.com /audio/46-629-instrument-localizing-on-the-stereo-spectrum-read.shtml (1252 words)

	iCompositions - Music
		How about takin git down to the default level.
		Doubletracking it, and keep the second track at a slightly lower level.
		You'll end up with a much fuller sound without the distortion.
	www.icompositions.com /music/song.php?sid=32452 (173 words)

	Jared uth Wistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Nobody seemed to die (immediately), so I followed, thinking to myself that the impetuousness must run in the family.
		I think we'd gone about half a mile through the shattered remnants of a billion mirrors when we noticed that magic was dead, as well the Trumps; doubletracking, we found our door of entry could no longer be gotten to.
		We reversed yet again, and made our way along in the gloom.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~dwinn/Jared/J16.html (710 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		The government will provide a sovereign guarantee for the loan.
		Sarasola II said other features of the first phase include track renewal and strengthening of the old PNR lines, doubletracking as far as the Sucat- Alabang portion is concerned, level crossing improvements, improvement of stations and flagstops, and improvement of stations and flagstop, and improvement of depots and maintenance equipment.
		Sarasola said with the rehabilitation, the 32- kilometer distance between Caloocan and Alabang can be covered in 30 minutes.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/05/08/MTNN200405089032.html (363 words)

	Vocal choruses, vocal doubletracking [Archive] - AudioForums.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		View Full Version : Vocal choruses, vocal doubletracking
		This is kinda a 2 part question, but both are aimed at the same goal: the elusive smooth, thick vocal.
		I'll let you know what I find out.
	www.audioforums.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-7525.html (1006 words)

	Rolling Stone : Stevie Wonder: Where I'm Coming From : Music Reviews
		At its worst, in "Do Yourself A Favor" and "I Wanna Talk to You," both more than five minutes, Wonder gets so hung up on exploring this virtuosity that he runs it into the ground.
		Failing to realize that an extravagant vocal style draws a great deal of its strength from a contrasting, coolly-controlled arrangement which will set it off to greatest effect, Wonder tends to sink everything in thick studio veneer; the use of doubletracking for vocal self-accompaniment is especially overused.
		The most successful cuts, "Think of Me as Your Soldier" and "If You Really Love Me," are short, unassuming love songs, pleasant vehicles for the Wonder charm.
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/steviewonder/albums/album/229598/review/5947000/where_im_coming_from (906 words)

	Sevenstring.org - Recording bass tracks
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		I'm going to be fiddling around tonight trying to dial in a tone, since last night Josh and I seemed to finally get my guit tone squared away (I was doubletracking two stereo tracks instead of four monos - the monos sound a metric fuckton better).
		Anyhow, usually I used to just run bypass on my preamp, roll the tone knob back just about all the way on the bass (seems smoother that way) and simply compress the crap out of it using something close to what I put on my kickdrum.
	www.sevenstring.org /forum/printthread.php?t=272 (1272 words)

	Trains.com - The Milwaukee Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		What you've proposed is what BN should have done in the 1980s.
		Routing traffic north to Everett, Wash., then over Cascade Tunnel, where a bottleneck exists, makes little sense when the MILW had the better route (and provisions for doubletracking Snoqualmie Tunnel).
		As for the state's involvement, they'd be much more amenable to it now compared with 15 years ago, especially as there is talk of resuming Amtrak service over the Cascades through the growing Yakima Valley (which makes more sense than sending the Empire Builder through sparsely populated North Central Washington).
	www.trains.com /community/forum/topic.asp?page=4&TOPIC_ID=22066 (3232 words)

	NEW VAN HALEN...yours truly has it! [Archive] - Ernie Ball Forums
		The track has grown on me a bit since I've listened to it with headphones - I first listened to it on my laptop's speakers.
		There's some rhythm guitar doubletracking that fattens things up interestingly.
		But, like some, I'm wondering about whether this is truly what will show up on the record - the track sounds a bit "loose" in ways that earlier stuff didn't.
	www.ernieball.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-2804.html (2276 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		And cost just a few bucks at the local thrift shop.
		Buddy Holly--He popularized the now-standard four-piece rock ensemble and the Fender Stratocaster, wrote, produced, and performed his own songs (music and lyrics), played lead and backup guitar in his pioneering use of doubletracking, and generally kicked ass.
		Old Cars--All cars should be built out of 4000 lbs of steel, come equiped with powerful V8 engines, and have hood ornaments that can be used like gunsights so as to more effectively run over jaywalkers.
	www.sweetfrenchbread.com /brian/cooluncool.html (245 words)

	Rain sucks. Let's go to Baja. - Page 12 - ADVrider
		You replaced it with a Sun rim, right?
		21" TKC too square, or OK for leisure doubletracking?
		Would a D606 front be too knobby for the pavement?
	www.advrider.com /forums/showthread.php?t=72312&page=12 (530 words)

	The Usenet Guide to Beatles Recording Variations
		CD: EMI CDP 7 46443 2 white album 1987.
		Doubletracking starts at the first "long" in stereo [a], the third "long" in [b], and sounds somewhat different thereafter.
		In mono [b] the rhythm guitar is softer but the lead guitar is louder, especially in the later part of the song.
	www.columbia.edu /~brennan/beatles/var-1968.html (2533 words)

	Amazon.com: Pro-Choice on Mental Health: Music: Peter Dizozza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is the sort of setup that means that anything less than strong songwriting will see the music flounder -- something that occasionally happens, though it's usually overridden by the croaky appeal of Dizozza's voice.
		"No Problem There" hits the same sort of stridency that drove Billy Joel back when he was still writing compelling material, and contains some ballsy piano playing that is the first hint -- along with some pretty nifty vocal doubletracking, in places -- that Dizozza can hammer together a great tune.
		Sure, the form that he's writing in can sound a little limiting at times, but there are some sly guitar additions, and some pretty liquid lyricism -- "The Song Of Laughter And Forgetting"'s Freudian bus-ride, for example -- that can carry over any background cheesiness.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006K11R?v=glance (1004 words)

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