The recording process shapes music. Recording techniques and technologies change the acoustic sounds they capture, and impart new sound characteristics. These sound qualities are under the control of an individual who shapes the music recording—the recordist.
The sound qualities created by recording do not occur in nature, though some qualities simulate natural dimensions or relationships. These qualities are sonic dimensions that are unique to audio recordings, and give recorded music (or music reproduced over loudspeakers) a set of characteristic sound characteristics. While these dimensions create an experience that is different from a live, unamplified performance, these sound qualities have become accepted as part of the experience ...
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