Playback
Playback ( English for "Play", "Play") is an out of the sound recording technology derived, used in different contexts Anglizismus , the use of a fully or partially completed phonogram referred.
General
English-language sources include the reproduction of sounds or images from a recorded sound or image carrier for control purposes and the corresponding devices for this. For Wahrig, playback is the subsequent coordination of the image recording with the existing sound recording.
The term was originally used in recording studios to describe the playback of finished audio tracks for control purposes. In pop music and jazz , it is customary to finish track by track in order to successively achieve the planned goal of a complete sound recording . In this way, the rhythm track is created first and then the music track, and finally the vocal part is completed. Playback in this context is an incomplete music recording that is completed by adding further instruments or vocals by means of overdubbing . In film, too, playback is understood as the control of existing takes .
Backing track
The backing track ("half playback") is an audio recording that consists of a completed music, rhythm and background choir track and is used in the recording studio as the basis for singing or other instrumental parts. The backing track secures the previously achieved recording status and enables the addition of further instrumental or vocal tracks. These are recorded by the singer or instrumentalist having the backing track played synchronously through headphones during his performance. It is therefore a pre-recorded musical accompaniment that is available for multiple vocal or instrumental attempts. The vocal recording is finally coupled with the backing track with the help of overdubbing. The backing track is therefore a complete background recording with possible choir accompaniment, which only needs to be supplemented by a vocal or instrumental part.
A singer or a choir who performs without instrumental accompaniment uses the previously recorded - possibly difficult to reproduce - sound of such a backing track. It then replaces the real musical accompaniment of the performer. Such a piece of music without lead vocals is also used in karaoke . Ready-made music backing tracks are also available for practicing an instrument and during jam sessions ('minus one'). In the film, it is about the recorded acoustic accompaniment for a merely speaking or singing actor (“ voiceover actor”). Here the backing track is played to the actor during the scene so that he can sing along in sync. If he doesn't sing along live, the full recording is played while he moves his lips in sync. In both cases, the sound can be eliminated afterwards during post-production and replaced by the backing track. This method was and is common especially in music films .
Procedure
As a process, playback is a method used in film and television in which the sound is first recorded and later played back synchronously with the image recording. Conversely, playback is also understood to mean an appearance by performers or film actors in whom nothing or only parts are presented live. With half playback ("live to track") the backing track is played while the artist sings or plays along live. With full playback , the performer moves his lips in sync with the song being played (“lip synch” or lip synchronicity) or imitates playing his instrument. In this form, playback is used by performers at public appearances in order to minimize costs and risks and / or to enable an optimal sound result . Often the interpreter's voice does not correspond to the one on the original sound carrier, since audio effects were used for its production in the recording studio.
Others
The US formation Lipps, Inc. (known for their hit Funky Town ) chose a homonym as their name (pun on the term lip-sync - singing lip-synchronic to playback).
See also
- Mini playback show
- Back Dorm Boys - Example of a full playback: Boygroup from China