Updated October 2026
A comp is one vocal built from the best parts of several takes. Listen to each phrase, choose the strongest, and join them so the listener cannot hear where one take ends and the next begins.
Record the whole song or passage several times. Each take gives you choices, and the best phrases are often spread across different takes.
Listen to each phrase and mark the best. A comp is made of phrases, not of takes, so keep the parts that sound most alive.
Join at a natural breath or a pause. A join in the middle of a word is hard to hide. A short crossfade at each join keeps the room sound steady. The crossfade how-to has the steps.
Play the whole vocal through. Listen for a jump in level, tone or room sound at each join, and adjust until none is audible.
Tunedzy Multitrack lets you line up the phrases from several takes and check each join by ear.
Several. Enough to have choice for each phrase.
Not if they are at breaths or pauses and the room is the same.
Tune lightly, after the comp is built.
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