Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One in charge of recording, transmitting, or amplifying sound or of producing sound effects, as for a television or radio broadcast.
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- noun A
technician who works with the soundrecording and soundeffects for films and television.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast)
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Examples
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I called the soundman and field producer who survived Jonestown.
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And Ben Kape, our 'soundman' habitually makes silk purses out of sows' ears.
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It also saw the band returning to veteran Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd to look after production, and former Skynyrd soundman Kevin Elson as Engineer.
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Operating the camera himself and usually accompanied by a lone soundman, Mr. Levy shot 240 hours of footage.
Jumbo Jerseyite Shows His Metal John Jurgensen 2011
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Dave—who remains our soundman genius today—set us up at the LMU sound studio.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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It also saw the band returning to veteran Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd to look after production, and former Skynyrd soundman Kevin Elson as Engineer.
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Going to sea like generations of Portuguese before him, documentarian Gonçalo Tocha and his soundman venture to the rugged, remote island population: 440 with the aim of filming every living thing that exists there.
Sad Sacks and Barrels of Laughs Steve Dollar 2012
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Former WKYC reporter Fred DeBrine and soundman Joe Butano have said they heard a Kent State police detective open the cylinder of Norman's gun and say: "Oh my God, he fired four times."
1970 tape recording of Kent State shootings reveals sound of pistol shots Associated Press 2010
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In the room outside the chamber, where the soundman sat giving me cues through a headset, a restorer also sat peering at a screen and guiding a cursor with a mouse, diligently erasing celluloid scratches and blots, frame by digital frame, from the bare bodies of hippies cavorting in a mud puddle.
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We used to play it before we went on, and the soundman got people coming up to him begging him to turn it off.
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