Audio editing
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| - | {{Template}}'''Audio editing''' is the process of taking recorded sound and changing it directly on the [[recording medium]] (analog) or in [[Random access memory|RAM]] (digital). | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Audio editing''' is the process of taking [[recorded sound]] and changing it directly on the [[recording medium]] (analog) or in [[Random access memory|RAM]] (digital). | ||
| ''Audio editing'' was a new technology that developed in the middle part of the [[20th century]] with the advent of [[magnetic tape|magnetic tape recording]]. Prior to magnetic tape, editing (and the repairing of breaks) was performed on wire recorders with solder and extra wire to reinforce the new joint. After [[World War II]], reel-to-reel tape machines became prevalent and edits were made with straight razors and special tape to connect pieces of magnetic tape that had been cut. Audio editors would listen to recorded tapes at low volumes, and then located specific sounds using a process called [[scrubbing]], which is the slow rocking back and forth of the [[tape reel]]s across the playback heads of the [[Tape recorder|tape deck]]. | ''Audio editing'' was a new technology that developed in the middle part of the [[20th century]] with the advent of [[magnetic tape|magnetic tape recording]]. Prior to magnetic tape, editing (and the repairing of breaks) was performed on wire recorders with solder and extra wire to reinforce the new joint. After [[World War II]], reel-to-reel tape machines became prevalent and edits were made with straight razors and special tape to connect pieces of magnetic tape that had been cut. Audio editors would listen to recorded tapes at low volumes, and then located specific sounds using a process called [[scrubbing]], which is the slow rocking back and forth of the [[tape reel]]s across the playback heads of the [[Tape recorder|tape deck]]. | ||
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| - | With the development of [[computer|microcomputer]] technology, sound recordists were able to [[digitize]] their recordings and edit them as [[Computer file|files]] within a computer's [[Random access memory|RAM]]. The earliest audio editor was written by [[Soundstream|Soundstream Inc]] specifically for the [[PDP-11]] minicomputer platform. [[Digital audio workstation]]s appeared using proprietary software and hardware solutions but after the [[personal computer]] became widely available in the mid '80s, much the power of a DAW came into the hands of home and small business users through software audio editing programs written specifically for personal computers. The earliest program to become widely used in this application was a '''wave editor''' called [[Sound Designer]] in the late [[1980s]] and early [[1990s]]. Sound Designer was created by a company called [[Digidesign]] who achieved early industry dominance. Today, the most popular retail audio editing programs not associated with specific hardware are: [[Audacity]], [[Adobe Audition]], [[Sony Sound Forge]], [[Pro Tools#Pro Tools LE|Digidesign Pro Tools LE]] and [[Goldwave]].{{Fact|date=September 2007}} | ||
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| - | In recent years, with the growing popularity of [[Linux|GNU/Linux]], a number of [[Free software|Open Source]] software projects have sprung up in order to develop an open source audio editing program. This movement has been bolstered recently by the development of [[ALSA (Linux)|ALSA]], and the Linux low latency kernel patch, which allow the GNU/Linux Operating System to achieve audio processing performance equal to that of commercial operating systems. The multi-platform package [[Audacity]] is currently the most fully-featured free software audio editor. | ||
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| + | *[http://members.home.nl/discopatrick/history.htm An Edited History Of Cut’n’Paste] | ||
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Audio editing is the process of taking recorded sound and changing it directly on the recording medium (analog) or in RAM (digital).
Audio editing was a new technology that developed in the middle part of the 20th century with the advent of magnetic tape recording. Prior to magnetic tape, editing (and the repairing of breaks) was performed on wire recorders with solder and extra wire to reinforce the new joint. After World War II, reel-to-reel tape machines became prevalent and edits were made with straight razors and special tape to connect pieces of magnetic tape that had been cut. Audio editors would listen to recorded tapes at low volumes, and then located specific sounds using a process called scrubbing, which is the slow rocking back and forth of the tape reels across the playback heads of the tape deck.
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See also
- SAE Institute
- Musique concrète
- Sound recording
- Electronic music
- Edgard Varèse
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Steve Reich
- Pierre Schaeffer
- Magnetic recording
- Analog vs. Digital
- Digital audio
- Digital audio editor
- Teo Macero
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