sound editing
Polishing recorded audio
Sound editing is the process of selecting, arranging, and manipulating audio recordings for film, television, video, or other media.
This includes cutting dialogue, adding sound effects, adjusting timing, and cleaning up unwanted noise.
Sound editing shapes what audiences hear, often creating sonic environments from dozens of separate elements layered together: The sound editing made you feel like you were in the middle of the battle.
- equalizationMaking things uniform
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- cutSeverance or reduction
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
- compressionForcing into smaller space
gain staging · foley · room tone · punch-in · noise reduction · mixing · final mix · track · scrub · ADR · level · fade · render · audio · crossfading · waveform · layer · sample
- Post-productioneditor, color grading, film editor, color correction, colorist
- audio technologydigital audio, audio engineering, audio mixing, signal processing, DSP
- film editingcut, editor, splice, rough cut, jump cut
- Film SoundFoley, ADR, Foley artist, dubbing, audio mixing
- audioheadphones, audio track, volume control, noise, static
- visual mediafilm, video, drawing, photograph, television
sound editinglive recording
Audio from real event
live sound · field recording · live broadcast · live capture · live performance
sound editingvideo editing
Assembling filmed footage digitally
image editing · visual effects · film editing · color grading · cinematography