Sound recording practice / edited by John Borwick for the Association of Professional Recording Studios.

Other author Borwick, John, editor.
Other author Association of Professional Recording Studios.
Format Book
EditionThird edition.
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Descriptionx, 557 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Technical introduction. The programme chain / John Borwick (General Gramophone Publications) ; Basic electronics and acoustics / Allen Mornington-West (Independent Broadcasting Authority) ; Digital theory / Allen Mornington-West ; Studio planning and illustration / Andy Munro (Andy Munro Associates) ; Studio acoustics / Alex Burd (Sandy Brown Associates) -- The equipment. Microphones / John Borwick ; Mixing consoles: analogue / Richard Swettenham ; Console automation and digitalization / Martin Jones and Alan Jubb ; Sound processing / Richard Elen ; Loudspeakers and monitoring / Edward Veale (Edward J. Veale and Associates) ; Tape and tape machines: analogue / Hugh Ford ; igital recorders / Tony Faulkner (Finesplice Ltd.) ; Mobile recording units / John McErlean (BBC Studio Capital Projects Department) ; Maintenance / Malcolm Atkin (Air Recording Studios) -- Recording techniques. The spoken word / Derek Taylor ; Classical music / Adrian Revill (BBC) ; Popular music / Mike Ross (CBS Recording Studios) ; Electronic music / Jonathan Gibbs (BBC Radiophonic Workshop) ; The role of the producer / Phil Wainman (Utopia Video) -- The consumer product. The role of post-production / Ben Turner (Finesplice Ltd.) ; Disc cutting / Sean Davies ; Vinyl disc processing / Jim Hughes (EMI Records) ; Tape duplicating / Gerd Nathan (PolyGram) ; Compact disc processing / Gerald Reynolds and Jonathan Halliday (Nimbus Records) -- Allied media. Radio broadcasting / Dave Fisher (University of Surrey) ; Television / Dave Fisher ; Video / Trevor Webster (BBC Television) ; Film / Eric Tomlinson -- Appendices -- Glossary.
Abstract The sound recording industry encompasses musicians, acousticians, electronic engineers, and broadcasters. A full understanding of the specialized 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 assembled here explain and describe their own approach to their particular part of the industry. 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 521-522) and index.
LCCN 87005692
ISBN0193119277 :
ISBN9780193119277

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