The Punch and Roll method to record voice

While it’s important to be able to edit voice work after it’s recorded, it’s always useful to have recordings already edited before you try to incorporate them into a project. Before the advent of digital recording tools, analog recordings and mixes benefited from Punch and Roll methods, also known as Rock and Roll (as in rock the track back a bit, then roll the recording). This is how worked: when recording a track and a mistake was made, the recording was stopped, rewound a few seconds, and then the recording was played back for the talent to find their “groove” and rhythm with what they were performing. When the point before the mistake was made is reached, the track is switched to record arm mode and the talent continued their performance. This was far more effective than recording long takes on relatively expensive analog tape and trying to edit it by literally cutting and taping afterward. What you were...