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  1. What is the effect of setting a compressor's 'release time' too short on a mix?

    Answer: It can cause audible 'pumping' or 'breathing' as the gain rapidly recovers

    A very short release causes the compressor to rapidly restore gain after each transient, creating an audible pumping artifact as the gain repeatedly surges and falls.

  2. When editing audio for broadcast in the US, which loudness standard is most commonly required?

    Answer: ATSC A/85 (-24 LKFS integrated)

    ATSC A/85 specifies a target of -24 LKFS integrated loudness for US broadcast television, mandated to prevent jarring volume differences between programs and commercials.

  3. What is a 'room tone' and why is it recorded on professional audio productions?

    Answer: The natural ambient sound of a recording location, used to fill gaps and maintain continuity in edits

    Room tone is a recording of the ambient silence of a location; editors use it to fill cuts and transitions so the background sound doesn't abruptly drop to dead silence.

  4. In audio post-production, what does ADR stand for?

    Answer: Automated Dialogue Replacement

    ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) is the process of re-recording dialogue in a studio to replace unusable production audio, with actors syncing their performance to picture.

  5. Which audio editing technique is used to remove the click or pop caused by a waveform not crossing zero at an edit point?

    Answer: Using zero-crossing snapping or applying a short crossfade at the edit point

    Edit clicks occur when a waveform is cut at a non-zero amplitude point; snapping cuts to zero-crossings or adding a short crossfade smoothly transitions between clips and eliminates the pop.

  6. What is 'automation' in the context of a digital audio workstation (DAW)?

    Answer: The recording and playback of parameter changes (like volume or panning) over time within a project

    Automation records movements of parameters such as faders, pan knobs, or plugin settings so that the DAW can reproduce those exact changes with perfect timing during playback.

  7. What distinguishes a 'destructive' waveform editor (like Adobe Audition in waveform view) from a non-destructive DAW session?

    Answer: Edits made in destructive mode permanently alter the audio data in the source file immediately

    In destructive editing, operations like cutting, applying effects, or normalizing modify and overwrite the actual audio data on disk, making changes permanent unless an undo is available.