Meanings
plural laughtracks
- alternativeAlternative form of laugh track.
I can add a laughtrack if no one in our studio audience happens to get the joke.
1998, Gremlin, Lurkers, →ISBN, page 1022 more examples
The monophonic sound is fine and on most of the episodes, it can be played back with or without the laughtrack, though without the laughtrack it seems a bit naked.
2004, Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!, →ISBNThe laughtrack is a straightforward means of directing the viewers' reception by indicating which scenes are intended to be comic and by influencing the viewers' reaction to the characters.
2005, G. Allrath, M. Gymnich, Narrative Strategies in Television Series, →ISBN, page 19
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