| Impact |
Audio Static is distracting to the member experience and can partially or completely obscure intended dialogue, music, or effects. Unintended signal noise or file corruption may also cause issues in any downstream assets created from the source asset. |
| Severity Assessment Guidance |
| FYI |
N/A |
| Issue |
The audio static is very audible, either partially or completely obscuring the dialogue/music/effects or occurs over what should be silence and is clearly not creatively intended based on contextual cues. |
| Blocker |
N/A |
| Solutions |
| How to Prevent |
Audio static often comes from a microphone or incidental sound during recording. It is important to monitor for these issues on the recording stage to ensure clean audio is captured. |
| How to Fix |
If dialogue is affected, replace it with alternate production audio or ADR. If music or effects are affected, replace them with foley effects, room tone, or clean music tracks. |