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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
overdub

1954, from over- + dub (v.). As a noun (over-dub) from 1953. Related: Overdubbed; overdubbing.

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overdub

n. (context sound engineering English) An overdubbed part. vb. (context sound engineering English) To record a part along with an already recorded part or parts.

Usage examples of "overdub".

He recorded it first with himself singing at the piano, then overdubbed a double-tracked vocal, maracas, then drums and finally the bass line.

Buff was able to overdub the same way Les Paul could, but in a more primitive manner.

A second tape recorder enabled them to overdub as well as just drop in new material.

I rewound to the beginning of the scene and turned the sound up, getting a match so I could overdub his dialogue.

At first they were very rigorous in their approach but it quickly became apparent that their live sound was going to be rather thin without multitracking and overdubs, so when the American organist Billy Preston, whom they knew from Hamburg, stopped by Apple on the first day of recording, he was recruited by George Harrison to fill out the sound.

A singer lays down a vocal track, then creates a harmony and overdubs it, instant Everly Brothers.

Every now and then, the action was intercut with guys and chicks wearing skin-tight outfits, their eyes wide as saucers, their mouths tiny ovals moving out of synch with their overdubbed English dialogue.

The noise was building again, this time overdubbed with something new.

Mexico, Brazil, and Poland overdubbed in cheap, sleazy attempts to revive vaudeville, and taped coverage of such stellar live sports events as Demolition Derby, and Bobtail truck races.

Men in the bowels of the Kennedy Space Center were currently working to create those alien signals by splicing and overdubbing old 8-tracks.

All evening, on whatever channel, even in the news, you could count on the Whiz Kid popping up with an overdubbed set of statements.

Every now and then, the action was intercut with guys and chicks wearing skin-tight outfits, their eyes wide as saucers, their mouths tiny ovals moving out of synch with their overdubbed English dialogue.

The budget was too lean for speech lessons or overdubbing, so Pinkler was out.

Later, the overdubbing of the band was done, and the final vocal track was laid down.

Jack had been in plenty of studio sound-rooms with his mother, often sitting patiently by and reading a book or doing his homework assignments while she did TV overdubs or looped unclear dialogue, and he knew that sort of baffle was meant to keep the speaker from 'popping' the mike.