Fundamental principles. Soundwaves ; Audio chain from sound source to listener -- Production. Microphone types ; Microphone characteristics ; Stereo microphone techniques ; Tracking -- Post-production ; EQ & frequency balance ; Control of dynamic range ; Reverberation ; Delivery -- Common recording strategies. Solo piano ; Soloists with piano accompaniment ; Small ensembles ; Sessions ; Studio techniques : re-creating the aural sense of historic spaces.