The Art of Recording

Preface

The Art of Recording: Understanding and Crafting the Mix is the product of my experiences as an educator in sound recording technology (music and technology), and of my thought processes and observations as a composer of acoustic music and of music for recordings (recording productions and electronic music). It includes what I have learned through my creative work as a recording producer, and through my attempts to be a facile and transparent recording engineer. It incorporates in-depth research into how we hear music and sound as reproduced through loudspeakers (aural perception, music cognition), and into the use of the recording medium to enhance artistic expression, especially in music.

This book has evolved substantially since my ...