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pre-fade, a. and n. Broadcasting.|ˈpriːfeɪd|
[pre- B. 2.]
A. adj. Performed or occurring before programme material is faded up for transmission. Of apparatus: used for such monitoring.
B. n. Monitoring of programme material prior to fading it up for transmission; an instance of this; also, a technical facility for such monitoring.
1941B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 24 Pre-fade listening. (1) Listening to a programme output before it is faded up for transmission. (2) Technical facilities provided for this purpose. 1949F. Felton Radio-Play ii. 19 There is also a ‘pre-fade’ apparatus by which the operator can listen to the record in advance. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio viii. 150 Listening to this disc on prefade it is brought into step with disc one. Ibid., After a quick prefade check, the disc is once again faded up. Ibid. ix. 160 In the case of a typical prefade (that used for the BBC's Radio Newsreel) it is known that the duration from a certain easily recognizable point to the end of the record is exactly 1′ 17{pp}. So the record is started exactly 1′ 17{pp} from the end of the programme, but not faded up. 1968R. Milton Radio Programming 313 While you are giving a talk from the studio, the technician may listen to a part of the recording he will use next, to be sure it is the right one. He will do this by using his pre-fade monitor. 1975G. Alkin TV Sound Operations 126 Gram desks are provided with a ‘pre-fade’ output so that the operator can listen for the cue without fading it up, so that the output is not heard by the audience. Ibid., The method of cueing in discs is to play the recording on pre-fade until the cue is heard and then stop the turntable. |