Not long ago a potential client asked me to record a scratch track for her project.  It’s a request I hear from time to time that generally requires a handful of emails to sort out.   When I see the term scratch track in an email subject line, I start to feel itchy because I’m never sure exactly what I’m being asked to do. Let’s clarify the difference between a scratch track and an audition. Scratch Track To quote my colleague Tom Dheere: Scratch tracks are used as a placeholder to assist in the timing of a video [...]