Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP

by Susan Schmidt Horning

Book Overview

How technically enhanced studio recordings revolutionized music and the music industry.

In Chasing Sound, Susan Schmidt Horning traces the cultural and technological evolution of recording studios in the United States from the first practical devices to the modern multi-track studios of the analog era. Charting the technical development of studio equipment, the professionalization of recording engineers, and the growing collaboration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421418487
• ISBN13: 9781421418483
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"