Audio Post-Production is the process of creating the soundtrack for a visual program of some kind. Nowadays, it would be difficult to find any feature film or television show that hasn't been through audio post.
Production Dialogue Editing ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement - if needed Sound Effects Editing and Design Foley Recording (human sound effects recorded in sync with picture Music Composition and Music Editing Mixing (also called re-recording Audio mixing = A recent trend is mixing to 5.1, which is "surround" audio. This requires 6 channels of audio: left, center, right, left rear, right rear, and low frequencies (subwoofer). In commercial release, only DVD video has a standard. The demand for 5.1 in the audio and music domain was once small but has recently increased dramatically, along with the introduction of 7.1 & 9.1 surround channel audio. Digital recording Protools HD2 TDM / 100s of plug-ins and Analog Outboard Gear Features Zero. 18 DSP chips for powering the mix engine and TDM plug-ins Zero. Sample-rate support up to 192 kHz Zero. Support for up to 64 channels of I/O Zero. Up to 192 simultaneous audio tracks at 44.1/48 kHz (256 total audio tracks) Zero. Up to 96 simultaneous audio tracks at 96 kHz Zero. Up to 36 simultaneous audio tracks at 192 kHz Zero. Up to 160 mono or stereo auxiliary inputs Zero. Up to 128 instrument tracks Zero. 256 MIDI tracks Zero. 128 internal mix buses Zero. Zero. The invention of digital sound recording and the compact disc in 1983 brought massive improvements in the durability and sound quality of consumer recordings. The CD initiated another massive wave of change in the consumer music industry, with vinyl records effectively relegated to a small niche market by the mid-1990s. The most recent and revolutionary developments have been in digital recording, with the invention of the first purely electronic consumer recording format -- the MP3 digital music file -- accompanied by the invention of solid-state computerized digital audio players like the Apple iPod. New technologies such as Blue Ray, Super Audio CD and DVD-A continue to set very hi-fi digital standards.
