PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
Most sound engineers will agree that the microphone is the most important element in any audio chain, and certainly the dazzling array of current models, including many that are half-a-century old, attests to that fact. My love affair with the microphone began when I was in my teens and got my hands on a home-type disc recorder. Its crystal microphone was primitive, but I was nonetheless hooked. The sound bug had bitten me, and, years of music schooling not withstanding, it was inevitable that I would one day end up a recording engineer.
About thirty years ago I began teaching recording technology at various summer educational programs, notably those at the Eastman School of Music and later at the Aspen Music Festival ...
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