tape delay
Live broadcast lag
Tape delay is a technique in broadcasting where audio or video is recorded to tape and played back after a short interval, typically a few seconds.
This buffer allows producers to remove profanity, technical glitches, or other unwanted content before transmission reaches the audience.
The method originated with actual magnetic tape but the term persists even with digital systems.
Live call-in shows use tape delay to catch offensive callers before they go to air.
Multiple parallel recording channels
- overdubAdd audio layers post-recording
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- producerOne who makes things
- engineerTechnical design professional
mixdown · dub · reggae · rockabilly · ambient · Brian Eno · analog · vintage
Add replacement audio
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
- shoegazeDistortion-heavy ethereal rock
ambient · post-punk · space rock · surf · spaghetti western · experimental · electronic · industrial
Brief repeated audio effect
- feedbackReturned response data
- repeatsOccurs more than once
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
decay · sustain · degradation · warmth · saturation · time-based · bypass · dubbing
multitrack
Multiple parallel recording channels
- overdubAdd audio layers post-recording
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- producerOne who makes things
engineer · mixdown · dub · reggae · rockabilly · ambient · Brian Eno · analog · vintage · warmth
dub
Add replacement audio
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
shoegaze · ambient · post-punk · space rock · surf · spaghetti western · experimental · electronic · industrial · dream pop
slapback
Brief repeated audio effect
- feedbackReturned response data
- repeatsOccurs more than once
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
modulation · decay · sustain · degradation · warmth · saturation · time-based · bypass · dubbing · flanging
reel-to-reel
Tape threading between spools
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- audio effectsreverb, flanger, chorus effect, phaser, chorus
- broadcast repeatsrerun, replay, repeat, sports replay
- broadcast statuslive, recorded, on air, off air, streaming
- TV productionbroadcasting, directing, boom mic, editing, filming
- TV schedulesprime time, showtimes, primetime, time slots, listings