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# Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Recording production
  - 1.1 Recording roles
- 2 Early revolutions in sound recording
  - 2.1 The pre-recording era
  - 2.2 Edison
  - 2.3 Bell and Tainter
  - 2.4 Berliner
  - 2.5 Popularising recordings
  - 2.6 Good times and bad
- 3 Magnetic recording
  - 3.1 Magnetic tape recorders
  - 3.2 Tape at home
  - 3.3 Multi-track tape recording
  - 3.4 Editing
- 4 Practical recording
  - 4.1 Microphone distortion
- 5 Recording log
  - 5.1 General notes
  - 5.2 Notes on each take
  - 5.3 Field recording notes
- 6 Microphone placement
  - 6.1 Minimising noise
  - 6.2 Mains Hum
- 7 End-of-course quiz
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements

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