Recording engineer and former Abbey Road manager Ken Townsend recalls how he invented the classic effect known as Artificial Double Tracking (ADT) while he was recording the Beatles in the 1960s.

I have been recording my own stuff for years and want to try thickening up my choruses, making them more powerful for more contrast and pop (in style). Whenever I do them, the two tracks of my voice tend to come off as sounding droney.

That's the way it sounds to me.. can I get a confirmation?
(btw do you think they do a real double tracking or a delay tracking thing?)

HI everyone,

This is my first question here.

I want to record heavy guitar with sm57 (very dry recording ) in front of my amp.
I will copy the original track and delay it a little bit to create a fatter tone, hard panned right/left (fake double-tracking).

I hear that double tracking is a nice way to get a full acoustic sound. I also understand that it is typically done with two mono tracks, but I am wondering if it can be done effectively with two stereo tracks, done in XY configuration, or is this overburdening the recording?

There are several ways to get a thicker sound. I was hoping to discus one that I heard about recently.

So there is double tracking: recording the same part with multiple takes possibly changing guitars, amps, EQ.

I know that guitar is sometimes double tracked (what I understand as recording the same part twice) to fill out the sound or add a kind of chorus effect. Is this commonly done on bass as well?

OK, Dave and I talked about this, and I talked to Xtian about using this as an example, so here ya are.
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Can anyone give me some tips on doubing bass tracks. My bands bass player insists on it but everytime we do it I get this awfull muddy chorused bass sound. It works great with distorted bass but anything else sucks. Is there a proper way to do this or should I just stick to the distorted sounds.

Thanks.

Hi,

Has anyone had any experience with this?

When I try going it instead of giving a fuller sound it just kinda sounds like a chorus effect or like a really bad toilet sounding reverb, not like one full voice as on some tunes Ive heard that have double tracked their vocals.

Ive tried dropping the volume on the second track but it doesnt seem to quite to the trick.