Multitrack recording is one of the best things to ever happen to sound design. It allows for a more dynamic sound and gives more opportunity for artist to explore different avenues, especially for jazz musicians and classical composers who record most if not all their music simultaneously. With the mutiltrack recording technique, you no longer have to spend hours upon house trying to edit mess ups or glitches in a track that is direct to stereo. You can now edit certain elements of the track that were recorded separately instead of all at once.
Also, another great invention along with mutlitrack recording techniques that Les Paul invented was the Sound on Sound recording method. This allowed artist to be able to record and play along with previously recorded sounds so that you would be able to hear and play along with the other tracks. This invention has had monumental effects on today's music with dubbing, ad-libs, chorus, etc. Without Les Paul, Ross Snyder, Mary Ford, and Patti Page I don't think half the music we have today would even exist.
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