dubdown

Definitions

1. The process of remixing audio tracks to use fewer tracks.
   countable, uncountable
2. The result of a dubdown.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“In this application, the loudspeaker monitor⟳ is the standard by which recordings are judged—from initial microphone placement, through mixing and dubdown, to final mastering.”

“Full bandwidth digitally recorded images don't pick⟳ up random analog noise during dubdown, but they can add⟳ "quantizing noise" (detectable rings separating areas of different luminance intensities).”

“You certainly should have⟳ the final dubdowns of your playbacks from the sixteen track to the three-stripe 35mm.”

“It's true that “Barnyard” only exists as a poor second generation copy⟳, a dubdown to mono recorded onto one track of an otherwise blank 8-track/one inch tape.”

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