doubletrack

Two-lane railway line

Doubletrack refers to a railroad line with two parallel tracks, allowing trains to travel in opposite directions simultaneously.

The verb means to add a second track to an existing rail line: They're doubletracking the commuter route to reduce delays.

In audio recording, to doubletrack is to layer a vocal or instrument over itself for a fuller sound.

railway

siding

Exterior wall covering

junction · freight · switching · capacity · upgrade · corridor · rail line · bidirectional · train crossing · scheduling

recording

overdub

Add audio layers post-recording

mixing · vocals · instrumentation · session · producer · tape · analog · digital · punch-in · bounce

Opposites
number of tracks

doubletracksingle-track

Having one path only

singletrack · single-line · single track · one-track · monorail

Family

track, double, tracks, tractor, duplicate, tracking, tracked, traction, tractors

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