Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanical re-creation and/or amplification of sound, often as music. This involves the use of audio equipment such as microphones, recording devices and loudspeakers. From early beginnings with the invention of the phonograph using purely mechanical techniques, the field has advanced with the invention of electrical recording, the mass production of the 78 record, the magnetic wire recorder followed by the tape recorder, the vinyl LP record. The invention of the compact cassette in the 1960's, followed by Sony's Walkman, gave a major boost to the mass distribution of music recordings, and the invention of digital recording and the compact disc in 1983 brought massive improvements in ruggedness and quality. The most recent developments have been in digital audio players like the Apple iPod.

The field covers many areas, from Hi-Fi to Professional audio, Internet radio and Podcasting.

Developments in recording and editing have transformed the record, movie and television industries in recent decades. Editing became practicable with the invention of magnetic tape recording but computers and digital processing made it much easier, quicker and more powerful. We now divide the process of making a recording into tracking, mixing and mastering. Multitrack recording makes it possible to capture sound from several microphones, or from different 'takes' to tape or disc with maximum headroom and quality, allowing maximum flexibility in the mixing and mastering stages for editing, level balancing, compressing and limiting, and the addition of effects such as reverberation, equalisation, flanging and many more.

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Sitting in the recording studio at work listening to Faculty read audio presintation. Justin reads the script. http://twitpic.com/u1fma
MrAndyJ (Andy Johnson) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:39:24 -0000
Sitting in the recording studio at work listening to Faculty read audio presintation. Justin reads the script. http://twitpic.com/u1fma
was doing an audio recording session during #uwitc - how was it?
dw_lss (dw_lss) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:28:59 -0000
was doing an audio recording session during #uwitc - how was it?
High pressure settling in over the Rockies! Need to take 79M up for audio/video recording test flight this weekend. #flyingfriday
denverpilot (Nate Duehr) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:26:05 -0000
High pressure settling in over the Rockies! Need to take 79M up for audio/video recording test flight this weekend. #flyingfriday
Trying out my non-existent audio engineer skills recording @nickr145 playing Christmas music. Playing is way better than recording, I'm sure
charphar (Charlie Pharis) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:56:42 -0000
Trying out my non-existent audio engineer skills recording @nickr145 playing Christmas music. Playing is way better than recording, I'm sure
I got the complete #gaga monster ball audio last nite. Had a listen and got super excited. HQ live recording @gagadaily
Blondtour (Andrew Locke) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:10:26 -0000
I got the complete #gaga monster ball audio last nite. Had a listen and got super excited. HQ live recording @gagadaily
Building a Home Studio-Part 4 http://blog.diwadeleon.com/building-a-home-recording-studio-part-4-multi-platform-digital-audio-workstations/
masterdiwa (Diwa de Leon) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:03:00 -0000
Building a Home Studio-Part 4 http://blog.diwadeleon.com/building-a-home-recording-studio-part-4-multi-platform-digital-audio-workstations/

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