How to Use overdub in a Sentence

overdub

noun
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  • Plenty of producers are going to tell you what kind of keyboard to use on that overdub.
    — Sarah Rodman, EW.com, 13 July 2019
  • For a Broadway cast album, many producers and engineers like to record the orchestra first and then have the singers come in and overdub.
    — Diane Snyder, Billboard, 31 May 2017
  • Take 30 would eventually be the version used for overdubs.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Then Lee would edit the results into cohesive songs and add overdubs.
    — John Lingan, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The entire album was recorded live in one room with no overdubs in two-hour sessions after six months of whipping the songs into shape at rehearsal.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
  • It was recorded in only six hours, with additional time spent on overdubs.
    — Michael Hamad, courant.com, 2 June 2017
  • Think for just a minute about the viral moments that depict disability: a video of a deaf child wearing hearing aids for the first time; a commercial with an overdub declaring that disabled people are more than our disability.
    — Sinéad Burke, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2022
  • While the overdubs, particularly the backing vocals, were overly elaborate and robbed the recording of some of its atmosphere, they’ve been dialed back on subsequent reissues.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 July 2023
  • Hoffman said the group pretty much finished the basic tracks during the first session, leaving vocals, harmonies, overdubs and other embellishments as the main remaining tasks for the second recording session.
    — Alan Sculley, sacbee, 26 Oct. 2017
  • For the introduction, Mr. Martin experimented with a string of overdubs.
    — Allan Kozinn, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2016
  • On the earlier recording, the three of them added overdubs to elaborate tracks Fennelly had already cut using a pedal harmonium, synthesizers, and electronics.
    — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Fiddler Jenee Fleenor heightened the track’s lonely quality in overdubs, and drummer Aaron Sterling was asked to reimagine the original percussion, transitioning the kit from a time-keeping tool to a more atmospheric element.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 June 2023
  • Getting the deceptively simple song down on record would prove to be a complex endeavor, involving an orchestral score from George Martin and overdubs from an unwieldy primitive Moog synthesizer.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Plenty of producers are going to tell you what kind of keyboard to use on that overdub.
    — Sarah Rodman, EW.com, 13 July 2019
  • For a Broadway cast album, many producers and engineers like to record the orchestra first and then have the singers come in and overdub.
    — Diane Snyder, Billboard, 31 May 2017
  • Take 30 would eventually be the version used for overdubs.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Then Lee would edit the results into cohesive songs and add overdubs.
    — John Lingan, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The entire album was recorded live in one room with no overdubs in two-hour sessions after six months of whipping the songs into shape at rehearsal.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
  • It was recorded in only six hours, with additional time spent on overdubs.
    — Michael Hamad, courant.com, 2 June 2017
  • Think for just a minute about the viral moments that depict disability: a video of a deaf child wearing hearing aids for the first time; a commercial with an overdub declaring that disabled people are more than our disability.
    — Sinéad Burke, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2022
  • While the overdubs, particularly the backing vocals, were overly elaborate and robbed the recording of some of its atmosphere, they’ve been dialed back on subsequent reissues.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 July 2023
  • Hoffman said the group pretty much finished the basic tracks during the first session, leaving vocals, harmonies, overdubs and other embellishments as the main remaining tasks for the second recording session.
    — Alan Sculley, sacbee, 26 Oct. 2017
  • For the introduction, Mr. Martin experimented with a string of overdubs.
    — Allan Kozinn, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2016
  • On the earlier recording, the three of them added overdubs to elaborate tracks Fennelly had already cut using a pedal harmonium, synthesizers, and electronics.
    — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Fiddler Jenee Fleenor heightened the track’s lonely quality in overdubs, and drummer Aaron Sterling was asked to reimagine the original percussion, transitioning the kit from a time-keeping tool to a more atmospheric element.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 June 2023
  • Getting the deceptively simple song down on record would prove to be a complex endeavor, involving an orchestral score from George Martin and overdubs from an unwieldy primitive Moog synthesizer.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2019

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