Quote Originally Posted by miss bass
how about when recording a band? Is it the same concept as i swear it is slightly different,il ask my lecturer when my lesson starts.
When you record a band, rather than record everything in one go - technically a "live" recording - everything is recorded seperately.

eg:

1. Record the drums - normally you can be playing bass / guitar and singing in the control room while you are doing this, so your drummer doesn't get lost.

2. Listening to the drum track, record the bass and guitars.

3. Listening to the full track, record the vocals.

Stages 2 and 3 are overdubs.

Basically, overdubbing implies recording OVER THE TOP of something - but from the point of view of ADDING to it, rather than writing over it, destructively.