Audio Production Worktext, 8th Edition

10Location Sound Recording

10.1 Introduction

Sometimes you need to undertake audio production beyond the confines and comforts of a studio. You lose some control when you enter the “real world,” because you no longer have a room designed to maximize proper acoustics and you don’t have sophisticated equipment to aid your production. But what you lack in control, you often make up in adventure once you are out in the field.

10.2 Types of Field Production

One very common type of field production involves gathering news. Radio networks, news agencies, all-news radio stations, and many other radio stations have reporters in the field interviewing newsmakers and members of the public, and reporting on what is happening locally, nationally, and internationally. ...