Talkback (recording)

A talkback microphone in a recording studio

In sound recording, a talkback system is the intercom used in recording studios and production control rooms (PCRs) in television studios to enable personnel to communicate with people in the recording area or booth.[1][2] While the control room can hear the person in the booth over the studio microphones, the person in the booth hears the control room over a PA, monitor speaker, in their headphones or interruptible feedback (IFB) earpiece. Take numbers, reference data, and sometimes count-ins or remarks are also "stamped" onto recordings through talkback, similar to a clapperboard.[3]

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  2. ^ Hingley, Andrew (2004). "4.10 Sound Mixing and Control". In Tozer, E. P. J. (ed.). Broadcast Engineer's Reference Book (2012 ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 614. ISBN 978-1-136-02417-7.
  3. ^ Talbot-Smith, Michael (1999). "Acoustics and Acoustic Devices". Audio Engineer's Reference Book (Second ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 2·113. ISBN 978-1-136-11973-6.