When do modern scoring sessions record to a click, when do they free-time with streamers and punches, and what does each choice cost?
A Los Angeles studio conductor (S8, blog posted 2013, modified 2025) says about 99 percent of his work is on click, that free timing with streamers and punches is rare and impractical for most modern film scores (mixed pre-records, spread-out orchestra, hard to edit takes together), and that he often just follows the Pro Tools counter. A Phaedrus Audio web page (S12) describes the click as indispensable for long fast cues with many hits but mechanical for rubato, and streamers and punches as a way to keep sync on a hit while leaving tempo to the conductor. A TV music editor (S5) says most cues are scored to a click.
A Los Angeles studio conductor (S8, blog posted 2013, modified 2025) says about 99 percent of his work is on click, that free timing with streamers and punches is rare and impractical for most modern film scores (mixed pre-records, spread-out orchestra, hard to edit takes together), and that he often just follows the Pro Tools counter. A Phaedrus Audio web page (S12) describes the click as indispensable for long fast cues with many hits but mechanical for rubato, and streamers and punches as a way to keep sync on a hit while leaving tempo to the conductor. A TV music editor (S5) says most cues are scored to a click.
Curator qualifications: Curator located all evidence excerpts in the work copies (automated case-insensitive prefix match). The click vs streamers/punches emphasis difference is kept.
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- [sourced_fact] A Los Angeles studio conductor (S8, blog posted 2013, modified 2025) says about 99 percent of his work is on click, that free timing with streamers and punches is rare and impractical for most modern film scores (mixed pre-records, spread-out orchestra, hard to edit takes together), and that he often just follows the Pro Tools counter. A Phaedrus Audio web page (S12) describes the click as indispensable for long fast cues with many hits but mechanical for rubato, and streamers and punches as a way to keep sync on a hit while leaving tempo to the conductor. A TV music editor (S5) says most cues are scored to a click. · locator: hit/sync; click-book example source
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