lay tracks
verb1
Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television To arrange soundtracks in their correct sequence and position relative to the image.
- There is plenty of scope for skill in laying tracks so that the mixing is easy.1947, Ken Cameron, Sound and the Documentary Film, page 82:
- In terms of economic utility, it ranks right up there with ultrafast lenses, since laying tracks is the second most time-consuming activity in film production (and the Steadicam eliminates the need for them).2013, James Monaco, How To Read a Film: Technology: Image & Sound:
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Synonym of make tracks (“to leave or depart”).