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Glossary 1099
SOT (sound on tape) Audio recorded on analog or digital video formats (audio
and video).
soundtrack The audio that accompanies a program’s video.
sound bite Typically a short excerpt from an interview clip, as used on news shows.
sound effects Specific audio material, such as the sound of a door closing or a dog
barking, from effects libraries or from clips you recorded. Sound effects can be used to
replace sounds in the location audio of a program, or to add sound that wasn’t
originally recorded.
sound recordist The individual on a film or video crew responsible for setting up the
audio recording equipment, and for setting the levels and managing the audio
recording during a shoot.
source media files The original QuickTime files captured to disk. The clips you use in
Final Cut Express HD are pointers that represent your media files, but changes made to
clips within Final Cut Express HD do not affect the media files on disk.
source monitor In a linear editing suite, a monitor that displays source tapes before
recording them to the master tape. In Final Cut Express HD, the Viewer acts as the
source monitor.
source tape The video and audio tapes that were originally recorded during a shoot.
Media files are captured from the source tapes, edited, and ultimately output to a final
master tape.
special effects Visual effects applied to clips and sequences, such as motion effects,
layering, and filters.
split edit An edit in which the video or audio items of a clip ends up being longer than
the other; for example, the sound is longer than the video at the head of the clip, so it
is heard before the video appears. Also referred to as an L-cut or J-cut.
splits A method of delivering an audio mix of programs destined for foreign language
distribution, typically using a multitrack audio recorder. Separate mixes for dialogue,
music, and sound effects are recorded to separate pairs of audio tracks to make
redubbing the dialogue and remixing it back together easier.
static region An area in a sequence in the Timeline that you lock so that it is visible
even when you scroll to see other tracks. It can contain audio tracks, video tracks, or
both. When you create a static region you get three regions in the Timeline: a top,
scrollable region for the other video tracks, a middle static region, and a bottom
scrollable region for the other audio tracks. You can’t scroll up or down in the static
region, but you can resize it to accommodate more or fewer tracks.