The Elements of Sound and Audio Recording
- Audio recording is the recording of sound. It is the act of capturing the physical
dimensions of sound and then reproducing those dimensions either immediately or
from a storage medium (magnetic, vinyl, electronic, digital), and thereby
returning those dimensions to their physical, acoustic state.
The process moves from physical sound,
through the recording/
reproduction chain, and back to physical
sound. The “art” in recording centers on the artistically sensitive application
of the recording process. The recording process is being used to shape or
create sound as an artistic statement (piece of music), or supporting artistic
material.
To be in control of crafting the artistic
product, one must be in control
of the recording process, be in control of
the ways in which the recording
process modify es sound, and be in control
of communicating well-defy need
creative ideas.
These areas of control of the artistic
process all closely involve a human
interaction with sound. Inconsistencies
between the various states of sound
are present throughout the audio-recording
process. Many of these inconsistencies
are the result of the human factor: the
ways in which humans
perceive sound and interpret or formulate
its meanings.
In order for material to be under their
control, the artist (audio professional) must understand the substance of their
material: sound, in all its inconsistencies.
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