0 a person employed to work for a short period, especially in an office while another person is absent or when there is extra work:
1 to work as a temp:
2 a person employed to work temporarily for a business
3 someone who is employed to work for a company or organization for a short time, for example, when a permanent employee is away, or when there is a lot of work:
4 to work temporarily for a company or organization:
The temp track is a multi-level blueprint as well as barometer, revealing an essential vision of intent, the employment of cultural/affective codes, and audio-visual conventions.
The temp track, in its accessibility to musician and non-musician alike, serves as the touchstone from which a concerted sculpting of musical design, concept, and associations emanate.
Often knowing who the composer will be prior to creating the temp, she can address the perspectives of both director and composer.
The temp track had its precursor in the silent era's compilation scores.
The process, by which compilation scores were assembled, bears a fundamental similarity to the music editor's creation of temp tracks.
Before the real score replaces the temp track, the temp track as mock-up is deemed artistically and commercially viable by audience reaction.
It was the mark of an older kind of patronage, the kind which partly characterized the temps des marabouts.
The temp track, in most cases, is a veritable blueprint of a film's soundtrack - a musical topography of score, songs, culture and codes.
