When you make a recording, you deal with at least two kinds of invisible energy: sound waves and electrical signals. For example, a microphone converts sound into a signal. A signal is a varying voltage that carries information. In our case, it’s musical information.
This chapter covers some characteristics of sound and audio signals. These facts will help you work with room acoustics, and will help you know what’s going on inside your mixer as you adjust the controls. With this knowledge you can make better recordings.
SOUND WAVE CREATION
To produce sound, most musical instruments vibrate against air molecules, which pick up the vibration and pass it along as sound waves. When these vibrations ...
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