ABSTRACT
The process of mixing soundtracks together has slightly different terminology applied to it depending on the field of use. Rerecording is a more limited term, meaning taking something already recorded and distilling it down by mixing processes to a more convenient representation from many units, elements, or tracks to pre-mixes, or from premixes to final mixes. Rerecording is typically done on a dubbing stage by one to three mixers working simultaneously on the program material. Digital audio workstation (DAW) is the form of playback and rerecords most often found on dubbing and mixing stages. DAWs may deliver their output over digital audio interfaces such as AES3, in which case the workstation is tied up supplying sound to the console and cannot be used simultaneously for editing. Mixing consoles used for dubbing are often large and intimidating, with hundreds to thousands of controls.
