Sound Recording Practice

in This Invaluable Book, A Broad Range Of Contributors—musicians, Acousticians, Electronic Engineers, And Broadcasters—share Their Specialized Expertise On The Equipment Used To Record, Transmit, And Reproduce Speech And Music And The Operational Techniques That Have Evolved Over Half A Century In The Sound Recording Industry. This Fourth Edition, Newly Revised And Comprehensive, Emphasizes The Array Of New Technologies And Techniques Such As Rapid Advances In Recording Techniques, Computer-controlled Equipment, New Digital Recording Formats, And The Proliferation Of Consumer Audio/video Media. Addressing The User Rather Than The Designer Or Manufacturer, sound Recording Practice Offers A Stimulating, Informative, And Comprehensive Guide To Each Aspect Of Recording. The sound recording industry encompasses musicians, acousticians, electronic engineers, and broadcasters. A full understanding of the specialised equipment used to record, transmit, and reproduce speech and music, and of the operational techniques which have been evolved over half a century, can be achieved only in the present type of multiple author handbook. Addressing the user rather than the designer or manufacturer, the specialist authors here assembled explain and describe their own approach to their particular part of the industry. In sum, therefore, their book provides a comprehensive guide to each link in the recording chain which students, practitioners, and new entrants to the world of recording will find stimulating and informative. This fourth edition has been comprehensively updated to take account of the many rapid advances in recording techniques, computer-controlled equipment, new digital recording formats, and the proliferation of consumer audio/video media Published for the Association of Professional Recording Services, this book explains every link in the chain of professional sound recording. As well as the technical equipment, from microphones and mixers through to recording gear and manufacturing of CDs, the techniques used in studios for recording speech and music of all kinds are described.