Assemble dialogue from traceable takes, repair edits and noise carefully, match pickups and verify the finished program against the approved script.
Collect the approved script or transcript, source takes and any picture reference. Record frame rate and alignment requirements when working to picture. Build a take list by speaker and scene, keep untouched originals and flag missing material before starting detailed edits.
Listen to complete phrases, choose the intended performance and preserve enough neighboring material for natural edits. Record alternate lines and unresolved editorial choices by time or script location. If counting delivered text, paste the reviewed transcript into Word Counter; a duration estimate cannot verify spoken wording.
Edit at suitable boundaries, add short crossfades where needed and audition breaths, consonants and natural pauses. Use matching room tone for gaps rather than inserting obvious digital silence. Check timing against picture or the intended conversational pacing after each significant assembly change.
Diagnose hum, steady noise, clicks and reverb separately. Trial noise reduction on a copy with a suitable noise-only profile, then compare at matched level for damage to speech. Use clip gain and automation before forcing every line through heavy compression; audition actual dynamics after any static-curve calculation.
Compare pickup tone, room ambience and performance with adjacent lines. Listen through speaker changes and scene transitions, then measure the complete required program’s loudness and true peak in audio software. Check a proposed constant gain change against the chosen ceiling and remeasure the final output.
Export the agreed dialogue master, stems or editing session with correct alignment and naming. Reopen the package and verify channels, starts, ends, complete script coverage and remaining issues. Save the raw takes, selected alternatives, transcript corrections and processing record with the final revision.
Write and download the task brief, measured results and handoff decisions as Markdown.
Count words in the actual reviewed transcript or script text that you paste into the tool.
Inspect the static hard-knee curve with explicit makeup gain before auditioning the real processor.
Calculate a ratio from compatible signal-only and noise-only measurements made under the same conditions.
Compare a constant loudness adjustment with the measured true peak and an explicit delivery ceiling.
Compare the measured sample or true peak with an explicit ceiling; keep crest factor separate.
Estimate byte-aligned PCM payload and entered overhead for the planned recording inventory.
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Audacity describes representative noise profiles, previewing reduction and checking removed material for wanted content.
The static curve is only one part of compression; listen to attack, release and makeup effects on dialogue.
Keep the following evidence with the actual version used for this task.
| Record | Include | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Speaker, take, script and picture version | Trace each selected line |
| Repair | Location, method and alternate | Compare at matched level |
| Delivery | Alignment, channel layout and revision | Proof-listen to the actual export |
An edit that removes all pauses can change meaning or make an interview feel unnatural.
Keep unprocessed dialogue available when a downstream mixer needs different treatment.