"The Mel Gibson Tapes" #2

Audio Tapes  -  "Mel Gibson Rant"

So, wondering about "The Mel Gibson Tapes" still.

Supposedly they are recordings of phone calls that Mel made to Oksana,
and Oksana recorded them.

It seems that Mel did phone Oksana,
and was upset.

And apparently, a phone call can be recorded,
by attaching a recording device to a phone.
(trying not to sound too much like I'm still in the dark ages)

But, if you attach such a device,
then it would only be recording through the phone,
and not through the phone and also externally at the same time,
wouldn't it ?

So, wouldn't both Mel's and Oksana's voices
sound like you were listening to both of them on the phone ?

So, why is Oksana's voice so crystal clear ?

Even if the recording device is recording externally at the same time,
wouldn't the sound of her voice be rather scratchy,
picking up ambient sound ?

But, her voice sounds so clear,
like she is speaking into a second microphone,
of professional recording quality.
The one recording Mel's voice, being the first microphone.

And when she said Lucia was crying,
I couldn't hear the sound in the background.

Come to think of it,
I couldn't hear any ambient sound in the background
with the whole tapes.

Like it was being recorded in a recording studio.

Were Mel's phone calls to Oksana recorded,
and then transcribed into a script.
Then acted out between Oksana and an unknown other male person
in a recording studio,
on two separate microphones,
as when doing voice-overs,
with Mel's words being embellished and added to by this unknown other male person,
whose voice was then digitally remastered to sound like Mel's ?

Are there any other Digital Media amateurs or professionals out there,
thinking along the same lines as myself ?

You be the judge.


text (c) Katherine Stuart 2016

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