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Definition of "overdub" []

  • To add (supplementary recorded sound) to a previously taped musical recording especially in order to heighten the total effect. (verb-transitive)
  • Additional recorded sound that is blended into a musical recording: instrumental overdubs. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "overdub" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "(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."
  • "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."