when auditioning for vocals, what is a track vocal?

Answer 1

When recording music, it is often prudent to record each instrument and each vocal on separate "tracks" so that each individual piece can be "mixed" accroding to the way the producer wishes the song to sound like or to take parts out and add other parts (tracks) in to enhance the song...for example, the volume for a guitar solo is often increased when the part comes in and then lowered back down so that it does not overpower the rest of the music (this is called "dynamics"). The completed song (which can be created from many tracks) is eventually mixed into two "tracks" for commercial stereo purposes. So, a "vocal track" simply identifies the type of "track" on any given multi-tracked recording.