The Art of Recording

11	Bringing Artistic Judgment to the Recording Process

Artistic judgment will be brought to the recording process by the recordist. How the artistic elements are used by the recordist shapes the recording in significant ways. The recordist will shape the sound in artistically sensitive ways, or not. Skilled recordists are able to make these decisions intuitively, if not consciously.

The recordist can bring artistry to the recording by learning the recording process well enough to use it creatively, by learning the sound qualities of the instruments of the recording studio (recording equipment and technologies), and learning all of the possible ways the recording processes and devices can transform sound. These will give the recordist the ...