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The term sound effects ranges back to the early days of radio. In its Year Book 1931 the BBC published a major article about "The Use of Sound Effects". It considers sounds effect deeply linked with broadcasting and states: "It would be a great mistake to think of them as anologous to punctuation marks and accents in print. They should never be inserted into a programme already existing. The author of a broadcast play or broadcast construction ought to have used Sound Effects as bricks with which to build, treating them as of equal value with speech and music." It lists six "totally different primary genres of Sound Effect".

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Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or edited sounds used to emphasize artistic works such as movies, television shows, animations, video games, music, or other media. In the recording industry it is often abbreviated as "FX".

In film and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a particular narration of the story without the use of dialogue or music. The term generally refers to a process applied to a recording, without necessarily referring to the recording itself.

In professional film and television production, the recording of dialogue, music and sound effects are treated as separate elements. Dialogue and musical recordings are never referred to as sound effects, although the processes applied to them, such as reverberation or flanging, are often called "sound effects". One of the synonyms for sound effect is rhythm.

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