Sound for Sound Engineers

Chapter 1 : The Nature of Sound : Part 1 of 5

   Part 1 - Introduction
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Introduction

As a sound engineer, you will use many complex tools to work with sounds. Microphones, mixing consoles, recorders, signal processors and other devices are typical tools often used in this field. So are Digital Audio Workstations, hard-disk recorders and MIDI sequencers.

If you are starting out in recording, you may be so keen to work with the devices themselves that you may overlook the fact that they are designed to capture and manipulate sounds.

An artist needs to understand pigments and the way that they can be blended to form colours and textures. In the same way, the sound engineer needs to understand sound and the way different sounds combine (such as in mixing) to produce new and quite different sounds. Sound is the raw material used by every practitioner of the audio arts and sciences.

This module introduces you to that raw material - what it is and how it behaves. This knowledge can help you to create finished recordings of both high technical quality and strong impact on the listener.

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