Editing the Sound
While the editor is putting the programme together, he or she will incorporate most of the sound which is relevant to the content of the programme, but will not be over-concerned with the niceties of atmosphere tracks and sound effects until the picture is locked-off. When picture-lock is reached attention is turned to finishing the soundtrack.
This can be achieved in a number of ways:
- At its simplest, a final soundtrack may be mixed down by the videotape editor at a linear on-line edit.
- An editor using a non-linear editing system can create a final mix after he or she has adjusted levels, incorporated cross-fades and laid in extra effects and atmosphere, on the same computer system used to edit the picture.
- An alternative ...
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