noun
audio dropout; audio glitch
Technical term for interruptions or artifacts in audio playback or recording, including stutter, clicks, pops, and similar issues.
この録音には音途切れが何箇所かある。
There are several audio dropouts in this recording.
音途切れの原因はケーブルの接触不良だった。
The cause of the audio dropout was a poor cable connection.
Compound of 音 (おと, 'sound') and 途切れ (とぎれ, 'interruption, break'). The reading おととぎれ is a straightforward combination of the readings of its components.