CHAPTER 3.4 Audio Recording

MICHAEL STARLING

National Public Radio Washington, D.C.

JOHN EMMETT

Broadcast Project Research Ltd. Teddington, United Kingdom

INTRODUCTION

Anyone who has been away from the field of audio recording for a number of years may be surprised by the range of technologies that are discussed in this chapter. That is not to say that the process of sound recording has changed fundamentally, but the specific recording equipment has changed and, in many cases, even the physical media might appear to have vanished. In large part, audio has followed text into becoming a generic Information Technology (IT) data application.

For much of the 20th century, analog magnetic tape was the broadcaster’s principal medium for audio recording. ...

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