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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Recording at Audio Dallas bright and early tomorrow! We are all pumped.
TheFortunateTX (The Fortunate) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:06:30 -0000
Recording at Audio Dallas bright and early tomorrow! We are all pumped.
Any suggestions for #voiceover / audio #recording #software on #snowleopard ?
phyltr (phyltr) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:58:39 -0000
Any suggestions for #voiceover / audio #recording #software on #snowleopard ?
how is the audio working here? i hear no background noise. sounds like a recording. Live at http://ustre.am/7LZb
sequoiathrown (Kasey) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:36:50 -0000
how is the audio working here? i hear no background noise. sounds like a recording. Live at http://ustre.am/7LZb
@KrisColvin We had the client do the voice over, as it was internal it didn't need a pro voice, but we did have the pro audio recording.
RedHouseMedia (Aaron W Hautala) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:27:35 -0000
@KrisColvin We had the client do the voice over, as it was internal it didn't need a pro voice, but we did have the pro audio recording.
Audio Engineer training: Audio engineering is part science related to audio recording and sound production with.. http://u.mavrev.com/08i44
suround (bambang) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:04:12 -0000
Audio Engineer training: Audio engineering is part science related to audio recording and sound production with.. http://u.mavrev.com/08i44
I'm recording an audio commentary with @devincf tomorrow. I want him to bring his new pal so we can call it a kittentary.
ScottEWeinberg (Scott Weinberg) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:48:42 -0000
I'm recording an audio commentary with @devincf tomorrow. I want him to bring his new pal so we can call it a kittentary.

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