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Tracking (noun, verb)

Type: noun, verb

Pronunciation: /track-in/

Also spelled or known as: Trackin’

Related: Track, Tracks, Multitrack Recording, Multitracking

What does Tracking mean?

Recording individual tracks or songs, on computer, recorder or tape.

Tracking (also called  multitrack recording or multitracking) is the process of recording a collective of sounds onto separate tracks, then combining the tracks to play back simultaneously “the recording process”. Tracking is basically recording songs, on computer, recorder or tape. During tracking audio is recorded digitally as separate audio files into a digital audio workstation (DAW). In a DAW, tracks contain audio and MIDI layers. Eacinstrument has its own track.

Tracking Synonyms: Multitrack Recording, Multitracking

Example sentence: “I was tracking Lil Baby in the studio.”

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