September 2012
Beginner to intermediate
244 pages
6h 50m
English
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CHAPTER TWO
Physics
Contents
When people think of sound recording, they usually think of microphones, wires, mixing boards, and tape recorders. Or perhaps they think of computers and plug-ins these days, but the basic foundation of the process of recording sound lies in the physics that describes the behavior of molecules and electromagnetic fields. The most critical elements of the recording process – the transduction of air pressure variations into proportional voltage changes and the storage of the converted information as magnetic ...