Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To add (supplementary recorded sound) to a previously taped musical recording especially in order to heighten the total effect.
- noun Additional recorded sound that is blended into a musical recording.
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- verb To record a part along with an already recorded part or parts.
- noun An overdubbed part.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Les Paul also experimented with the recording process, employing an "overdub" method, meaning recording a part "on top" of another while listening to the original or earlier take.
Mike Ragogna: Me And My Guitar: Legendary Musician/Inventor Les Paul Dies at 94 2009
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(Soundbite of music) Mr. COYNE: We sort of thought of the idea of more like, well, we can just kind of overdub a bunch of stuff, and no one's really going to know whether we're playing or not, and if we're lucky, we can make it sound like we're much better than we really are.
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Because of my connection with Richard Perry -- who was Carly's producer -- and, at the time, was connected to everybody in the world, when we were doing the No Secrets album, we were in the studio where I was doing an overdub, and I look into the control room because somebody had just walked in.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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Sometimes, it's a real performance, but we like to overdub quite a bit, so it's not always all of us playing at the same time.
Mike Ragogna: From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25 Mike Ragogna 2012
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Because of my connection with Richard Perry -- who was Carly's producer -- and, at the time, was connected to everybody in the world, when we were doing the No Secrets album, we were in the studio where I was doing an overdub, and I look into the control room because somebody had just walked in.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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Because of my connection with Richard Perry -- who was Carly's producer -- and, at the time, was connected to everybody in the world, when we were doing the No Secrets album, we were in the studio where I was doing an overdub, and I look into the control room because somebody had just walked in.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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Sometimes, it's a real performance, but we like to overdub quite a bit, so it's not always all of us playing at the same time.
Mike Ragogna: From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25 Mike Ragogna 2012
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Tony says I can overdub the rest in Boston anyway.
Night Waitress David Krancher 2012
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But she had a chance in the overdub of the vocal to redo a part if she wasnt totally satisfied, without having the band to have to play it over again.
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Because of my connection with Richard Perry -- who was Carly's producer -- and, at the time, was connected to everybody in the world, when we were doing the No Secrets album, we were in the studio where I was doing an overdub, and I look into the control room because somebody had just walked in.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen: Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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