4000 AUDIO
- 4010 Narration Record
- Recording an announcer in a sound studio.
- 4020 Dialog Replacement
- Re-recording synchronous dialog for a scene (or scenes) because of impairment of the original recording or need for a new voice.
- 4030 Music (Stock/Original)
- The cost of licensing music on a non-exclusive basis (stock), or the cost of creating, composing and recording music (original) usually on an exclusive basis. Licensing fees, residuals, transfers and search costs are included when applicable.
- 4040 Sound Effects
- Cost of purchasing pre-recorded sound effects and/or creating custom sound effects.
- 4050 Digital Editing
- Use of a digital audio work station to edit and place narration, dialog, music and sound effects in preparation for a sound design session or mix.
- 4060 Sound Design
- Usually a creative fee and hourly studio rate for the creation of a variety of sound elements.
- 4070 Transfer & Stock
- Cost to transfer media or data from one format to another, including the cost of the media.
- 4080 Visual Coded Cassettes
- Video cassettes of the project usually with visual time code. Typically required for music, narration recording, sound design and mixing sessions.
- 4090 Prelay/Archiving
- Digitizing media/data into a digital audio work station prior to a session (prelay), or saving media/data from a digital audio work station to removable media after a session (archiving).
- 4100 Scratch Record/Mix
- Recording, balancing, equalization and mixing of preliminary (scratch) tracks at the roughcut stage.
- 4110 Final Mix
- Recording, balancing, equalization and mixing of final tracks at the finishing stage.
- 4120 Audio Relay (Retrack)
- Synchronously re-recording an audio track onto a videotape. Typically in the rough-cut stage when a new track is suppled or a new scratch mix is done for presentation, and in the finishing stage when the track is mixed or re-mixed after the picture is finished.
- 4130 Digital Patch/Remote Studio
- Satellite or digital line services required to record in one studio while simultaneously monitoring and recording the session in another studio. Usually includes the cost of both studios and the digital transmission time.
- 4140 Facility Overtime
- Cost premium of utilizing a facility after its normal business hours, e.g. after 6pm on weekdays, weekends, holidays.
- 4150 Stock
- DAT(s), 8mm back-up.
