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Convention Paper

Recording Techniques and Perception of Environment

Authors: McKinnie, Douglas

AES Convention 91 · Paper 3110 · October 1991

Abstract

In many forms of music (classical, traditional, some jazz, and some folk) one ideal of recording is the creation of a sense of being there in the original performance space. This illusion is primarily impacted by the listening environment and by microphone technique. This paper is an investigation into published literature to find research which has taken the entire system, from recording space to listening space, as its subject. It also explores the inter-relation between listening environment and microphone technique, and identifies some of the factors of acoustics and perception which make various common recording techniques successful.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 91
AES Convention
91
Paper number
3110
Publication date
October 6, 1991
Session subject
Recording
Affiliation
The Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper