In article ,
Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
Kurt Hamster wrote:
Heh heh. 'Punching in' is what you do to pick up after a mistake.
Overdubbing replaces the original section completely.

So you forgot that he was trying to replace an incorrect word?

I.e. "pick[ing] up after a mistake"?

No - he got to the end before trying to correct it. You usually 'punch' or
drop in after things have ground to a halt. You can do a repair by
dropping in then out again, but IMHO, that's not so common. There's a risk
of a problem at the drop out point.

It's a difference in terminology, then. IME, "punching in" is in and out
correcting a mistake in an otherwise complete section. One might call
the "flying start" after a breakdown "punching in" as well, but not
exclusively. Something longer than a "punch in" would be a "patch" but
that might get its own track.

Stephen