Tooltip Tags: Sound

To make a taped copy of any program source record, CD, tape. Also, the copy itself. Sometimes used to refer to the ADR process.

In stereo, this is the breakthrough between channels measured as separation (in decibels) between the wanted sounds of the desired channel and the unwanted sounds from the second channel.

Term generally used in California but to refer to the room where the final audio mix is made for a program or film. It might also be known as a mix stage.

The marking of the cue point in a way which will permit a signal to be given to the ‘talent’ to begin each element of work at the appropriate time.

Any system used by a second person to signal ‘talent’ that recording should begin.

An actor’s voice synchronization with lip movements which are not the originally recorded sound. This is used to replace unusable dialogue or recordings, and also used to prepare foreign films for new markets.

Prerecorded accompaniment for a singer or voiceover actor who then listens through headphones to a replay as he/she performs. Generally, the two signals are ultimately mixed to produce the final recording.

An audio circuit with 3 wires, two which carry signal, and a third which is contected to a ground (grounded).

A periodic variation of amplitude resulting from the addition of two slightly different frequencies.