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Sync & reference audio · Working

Guide track

Also called: guide audio

ELI5

Temporary or reference audio used to support editing, performance or later replacement.

Used in conversation

“The treatment should explain how the guide track supports the story.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Guide track” in sound, music & voice conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains dialogue, effects, atmosphere, music, voice and the technical work of making them intelligible.

Connected terms

  • Scratch trackA scratch track is a temporary rough recording; a guide track is any temporary reference used to direct timing or performance.
Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.