"lay tracks" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1947, Ken Cameron, Sound and the Documentary Film, page 82:",
          "text": "There is plenty of scope for skill in laying tracks so that the mixing is easy.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, James Monaco, How To Read a Film: Technology: Image & Sound:",
          "text": "In terms of economic utility, it ranks right up there with ultrafast lenses, since laying tracks is the second most time-consuming activity in film production (and the Steadicam eliminates the need for them).",
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        "To arrange soundtracks in their correct sequence and position relative to the image."
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        "(film) To arrange soundtracks in their correct sequence and position relative to the image."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
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      ],
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        "(film) To arrange soundtracks in their correct sequence and position relative to the image."
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