What do we mean when we talk about the character of recorded sound--its hue, its weight, its feel? In Making Sense of Recordings, Mads Walther-Hansen unpacks the language of recording with insight and clarity. A deft blend of scholarly theory and practical know-how, this book is a boon to both researchers and recordists seeking a deeper understanding of the listener's art.
Mads Walther-Hansen is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. He writes on music listening, music production, sound technology, and sound analysis, and he has published several articles, chapters, and conference papers on cognition and language in relation to music production that examine the conceptualization of sound and the effect of recording technology on the listening experience. He is editor of the Music Journal Danish Musicology Online and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Imagination (Oxford University Press 2019).