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  The player records, selects or transforms sound. The result serves as a
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    title: 'Recording, editing and playback'
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      The player records, selects or transforms sound. The result serves as a
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      - Preserve the original recording and allow processing to be undone.
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  Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked
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# Recording, editing and playback

id: voice-audio--family-20
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/voice-audio--family-20
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/voice-audio--family-20/

The player records, selects or transforms sound. The result serves as a message, evidence or part of a creative task.

## At a glance

![Dolby On: recording processing and playback tools](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/sensor-dolby-on-3.webp)

[Dolby On: Record Audio & Video](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dolby-on-record-audio-video/id1443964192?uo=4) · © Dolby Laboratories. Developer-distributed App Store screenshot. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Tools modify the sound of the saved recording

- Preserve the original recording and allow processing to be undone.

- [Dolby On: Record Audio & Video](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dolby-on-record-audio-video/id1443964192?uo=4)

## How it works

Collect or transform sound to serve a game function.

## Variants

### Collecting material

<a id="family-20-branch-1"></a>

- Record the required sound at the right moment. <a id="family-20-branch-1-variant-1"></a>
- Collect voices, noises or musical phrases. <a id="family-20-branch-1-variant-2"></a>
- Select a fragment from a long recording. <a id="family-20-branch-1-variant-3"></a>
- Obtain a recording from a specified position or distance. <a id="family-20-branch-1-variant-4"></a>

### Editing

<a id="family-20-branch-2"></a>

- Put fragments in the required order. <a id="family-20-branch-2-variant-1"></a>
- Loop a sound or assemble loops. <a id="family-20-branch-2-variant-2"></a>
- Layer tracks and synchronize them. <a id="family-20-branch-2-variant-3"></a>
- Change a recording's pitch, speed, loudness or spectrum. <a id="family-20-branch-2-variant-4"></a>

### Using recordings

<a id="family-20-branch-3"></a>

- Play a recording as a lure or distraction. <a id="family-20-branch-3-variant-1"></a>
- Open a sound lock with a recording. <a id="family-20-branch-3-variant-2"></a>
- Present a recording as evidence or a message. <a id="family-20-branch-3-variant-3"></a>
- Create a sound scene a character or player must recognize. <a id="family-20-branch-3-variant-4"></a>

## Context and limits

A working design-space map: 27 families, 81 branches and 324 variants. Voice control, audio-based play and communication can combine or exist separately. Released-game examples support particular techniques; supplementary combinations are design proposals.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.

- [Dolby On: Record Audio & Video](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dolby-on-record-audio-video/id1443964192?uo=4) (id: source-74ed15eabf4f6e8e)

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