<s>
In	O
digital	B-Application
audio	I-Application
editing	I-Application
,	O
scrubbing	B-Application
is	O
an	O
interaction	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
user	O
drags	O
a	O
cursor	O
or	O
playhead	O
across	O
a	O
segment	O
of	O
a	O
waveform	O
to	O
hear	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scrubbing	B-Application
is	O
a	O
convenient	O
way	O
to	O
quickly	O
navigate	O
an	O
audio	O
file	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
feature	O
of	O
modern	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstations	I-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
audio	B-Application
editing	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
recording	O
industry	O
and	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
physically	O
moving	O
tape	B-Device
reels	O
to	O
locate	O
a	O
specific	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
audio	O
track	O
;	O
this	O
gave	O
the	O
engineer	O
the	O
impression	O
that	O
the	O
tape	B-Device
was	O
being	O
scrubbed	O
,	O
or	O
cleaned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
scrubbing	B-Application
feedback	O
techniques	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
