# What does a production sound report record, and what do mixers and recorder makers say it is for?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T16:55:17.573Z
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In the pinned Sound Devices documents a sound report is a per-folder, per-take log generated from recorder metadata: project header, date, rates and timecode mode, then rows with file, scene, take, length, start timecode, wild-track and circled flags, free-text notes and the name given to each track. A named production mixer (Simon Hayes) says dialogue editors read the reports to see which iso tracks fed the mix, and another (Jim Tanenbaum) advises logging each shot's mic choice and position for ADR. The field list is one vendor tool's default, not an industry standard; the BWF/iXML metadata layer was already covered in cycle 2 and is not repeated.

In the pinned Sound Devices documents a sound report is a per-folder, per-take log generated from recorder metadata: project header, date, rates and timecode mode, then rows with file, scene, take, length, start timecode, wild-track and circled flags, free-text notes and the name given to each track. A named production mixer (Simon Hayes) says dialogue editors read the reports to see which iso tracks fed the mix, and another (Jim Tanenbaum) advises logging each shot's mic choice and position for ADR. The field list is one vendor tool's default, not an industry standard; the BWF/iXML metadata layer was already covered in cycle 2 and is not repeated.

Curator qualifications: All excerpts located; sound report contents and purpose.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] In the pinned Sound Devices documents a sound report is a per-folder, per-take log generated from recorder metadata: project header, date, rates and timecode mode, then rows with file, scene, take, length, start timecode, wild-track and circled flags, free-text notes and the name given to each track. A named production mixer (Simon Hayes) says dialogue editors read the reports to see which iso tracks fed the mix, and another (Jim Tanenbaum) advises logging each shot's mic choice and position for ADR. The field list is one vendor tool's default, not an industry standard; the BWF/iXML metadata layer was already covered in cycle 2 and is not repeated. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://cdn.sounddevices.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/833-User-Guide_041122.pdf

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