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1314:Backup band
1294:professions
1268:Turntablism
1142:Compression
1127:Pitch shift
1087:Overdubbing
1027:Engineering
513:EMI Records
499:underdubbed
487:Kurt Cobain
474:the Monkees
389:Buddy Holly
358:Bing Crosby
279:Nelson Eddy
247:microphones
133:Overdubbing
1455:Categories
1319:Bandleader
1278:Xenochrony
1233:aesthetics
1197:Noise gate
1157:Distortion
1119:processing
1082:Microphone
960:SleepyJack
637:August 19,
617:References
382:vari-speed
350:disk lathe
339:Patti Page
284:Cinderella
243:RCA Victor
213:had died,
205:software.
199:sound card
156:headphones
80:newspapers
1229:Practices
1132:Auto-Tune
1107:Tape loop
1077:Diffusion
576:Auto-Tune
559:reco-reco
555:bell tree
543:tamborims
483:Butch Vig
458:harmonize
366:Mary Ford
267:The 1946
183:keyboards
147:(DAW) or
110:June 2013
1304:Arranger
1263:Sampling
1187:Flanging
1065:Talk box
899:: 20–21.
893:Goldmine
880:: 31–32.
783:Goldmine
565:See also
535:pandeiro
435:Examples
370:flanging
346:Les Paul
331:sel-sync
201:, using
175:tracking
137:layering
18:Overdubs
1207:Pumping
1172:Ducking
1117:Signal
739:YouTube
547:a-go-go
531:repique
419:panning
378:phasing
237:History
94:scholar
1407:Medley
1402:Mashup
1212:Reverb
1202:Phaser
926:
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539:congas
505:album
446:guitar
403:Mozart
269:Disney
187:guitar
141:tracks
96:
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1422:Remix
1380:Other
1290:Roles
1248:Lo-fi
1151:STEED
789:: 26.
571:AMPEX
551:cuĂca
527:surdo
523:Agora
462:choir
374:delay
354:Ampex
329:with
158:in a
101:JSTOR
87:books
924:ISBN
838:ISBN
813:ISBN
714:ISBN
658:ISBN
639:2020
380:and
168:dubs
73:news
1166:ADT
710:209
561:).
541:,
337:by
185:or
170:".
164:mix
56:by
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1324:DJ
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