Automatic Double Tracking – tape delay technique creating a doubled vocal without re-recording
Automatic Double Tracking (ADT) first appears on a Beatles record on 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy' (1965).
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ADT was introduced during the Revolver sessions
Sitar double-tracked
Artificial double tracking developed by Ken Townsend was in use on Revolver sessions
Lennon's vocal artificially double-tracked
Townsend's invention – heavy ADT on Lennon's vocal
Lennon's vocal artificially double-tracked
Townsend's ADT in routine use on Revolver vocals
Lead guitar double-tracked
Vocal and acoustic guitar both double-tracked
Applied to Clapton's solo for 'wobbly' tone
On the 14 August 1968 overdub session, Lennon's and Harrison's guitar solos were re-recorded with Artificial Double Tracking (a deliberately exagge…
Per the session's mixing notes, engineer Geoff Emerick applied automatic double tracking (ADT) specifically to one of the outro dialogue/bark excha…
Applied to lead guitar
Lead vocal during choruses
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Book
Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits
Howard Massey
Software
Waves Abbey Road Studio 3
Waves Audio
Course
Timbaland – Teaches Producing and Beatmaking
MasterClass · Modern production – contrasts with Beatles/Martin studio innovations.
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