Date of Award

2012

Type

Thesis

Major

Music

Department

Schwob School of Music

First Advisor

Elizabeth Parker

Abstract

The modern day art and science of music recording evolved through a constant process of trial and error. Although many of these techniques are well-documented and commonplace in modern recording studios, most of them are generalized recording techniques used in the popular and classical music industries. Among these techniques, there is an observable lack of recognized standards for the recording of low brass instruments. This project aims to articulate quality techniques for low brass recording through research in early recording techniques and through an experimental study comparing many popular stereophonic microphone techniques. Although testing every low brass instrument would give very specific tendencies, a more general representation was presented by recording solo euphonium.

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