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Chapter Twenty Eight

Human Factors

[Human factors. The needs of different personalities. Human expectations and fulfilment. Perceptual differences.]

This chapter is a short overview of some of the non-technical aspects of studios and personnel which may still have a great bearing on the recording process. (It is based on what was Chapter 22 in previous editions.) Whenever recording studios are being designed, what must always be borne in mind is that the studios exist to capture artistic performances, and anything that the studios can positively contribute to those performances is desirable. Although the recording equipment is a product of technology, which is in turn a result of the application of the relevant sciences, what makes studio ...

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