Creative Digital Media Production Unit 12: Audio Editing

- Lesson 1

Which sectors require audio to be edited?

Film
Television
Radio
Websites
Apps
Computer games
Music
Animation

What are the reasons for audio editing?

To add extra sounds

To shorten or extend an audio clip so that it will fit with images
appropriately
To remove unwanted material
To maintain continuity
To fit audio to agreed running time
To change the meaning by deliberately editing out sounds and dialogue
To convey a different view to the one intended
To prioritise news stories, prior to radio broadcast, where a fixed
programme time is available.