A recorded effect is a
sound that has been recorded elsewhere, and maybe
mixed,
cut,
spliced, or otherwise
edited to create the final recorded effect. This can then be played to give extra depth to a
play, or to highlight something that is happening in that
play (like
rain, or other
athmospheric effects.
In some places, people still
edit their sound effects using
analogue methods (actual
tape, which needs
splicing,
mixing done by playing two
sources, and
recording onto a new
tape).
Others use newer,
digital methods (
recording onto
computer, and
editing the
waveform using a piece of
software on that
computer).
There are
advantages and
disadvantages to both methods. Fans of
analogue editing say that the
quality is much higher than
digital, and people who work with
digital a lot say that the
quality won't
degrade over time, and that it is a lot easier to
edit accurately.
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