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predub

predub verb: to mix audio tracks such as dialog, music, and sound effects as a preliminary step, which does not include all the tracks in the final soundtrack.

Verb

predub (third-person singular simple present predubs, present participle predubbing, simple past and past participle predubbed)

  1. To mix audio tracks such as dialog, music, and sound effects as a preliminary step, which does not include all the tracks in the final soundtrack.
    • Then you will have the purist mixer who wants it to be predubbed without anything camouflaging the material.2012, David Lewis Yewdall, The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, page 486
    • Before the final dubbing sessions on feature films, several days to several weeks will be allotted for the predubbing of dialogue and effects. During the predubbing, the dubbing mixers premix as many as 30 or 40 tracks down to perhaps 18 or so to make the final mix manageable.2013, Fred Karlin, Rayburn Wright, On the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, page 362

Noun

predub (plural predubs)

  1. A preliminary soundtrack produced by predubbing.
    • If your show includes a lot of effects, for example, explosions, music, sound effects, or loud noises over romantic dialogue, then your sound-effects supervisor will probably recommend a predub or prelay.2002, Barbara Clark, Susan J. Spohr, Guide to Postproduction for TV and Film: Managing the Process
    • Once the materials arrived at the stage, a dozen recordists and mix technicians required a half an hour to load the three or four dozen tracks a predub might require.2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, The Art of Movies

Forms of predub

Verb
third-person singular presentpredubs
present participlepredubbing
past participlepredubbed
pastpredubbed
Noun
pluralpredubs

Origin of predub

From pre- + dub.

Questions about predub

What does predub mean?
Predub means to mix audio tracks such as dialog, music, and sound effects as a preliminary step, which does not include all the tracks in the final soundtrack.
What part of speech is predub?
Predub can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of predub?
The past tense of predub is predubbed.

Words near predub in the dictionary

  1. predrug
  2. predry
  3. preds
  4. predual
  5. preduals
  6. predub
  7. predubbed
  8. predubbing
  9. predubs
  10. preductal
  11. preductule

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