Tooltip Tags: Sound

A continuous sound track that runs repeatedly in playback as a guide for re recording.

A sheet having several columns for notations of footage, fades. volume levels, and equalizations which are used in mixing sound tracks where each column usually represents one track.

The difference in decibels between the loudest and quietest portions of audio.

A sound wave that has been reflected and returned with sufficient magnitude and delay to be perceived as a wave distinct from that which was initially transmitted.

A standard position for the placement of the audio on a single perforation magnetic film.

The microphone sensitivity rating defined as the ratio in dB of the power available relative to sound pressure.

The shape of the graph as amplitude is plotted against time. A sound’s envelope includes its attack, decay, sustain and release (ADSR).

This refers to the music and effects tracks which are combined into one (or a stereo pair) for use with foreign language re recording of a film or video program.

A microphone in a completely silent room still generates some residual noise. This noise can be measured and can be computed. That computation is the ‘Equivalent Noise’.