Dubdown
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dubdown is a noun meaning (music) The process of remixing audio tracks to use fewer tracks.
Meaning
(music) The process of remixing audio tracks to use fewer tracks.
More Meanings
- (music) The result of a dubdown.
Example Sentences
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.
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).
Word Forms
- dubdowns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overdub, dubber, dubtronica, dubbing, dub plate, dupper.
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