# Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you should be able to:

- appreciate the tasks required to organise and create commercial music
- demonstrate knowledge of the history of sound-recording technology
- recognise the impact of technological change on sound recording
- understand some of the decisions made by contemporary sound recordists, including the placement of microphones.

OpenLearn - Recording music and sound
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