Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-327) and index.
The Elements of Sound and Audio Recording -- The Aesthetic and Artistic Elements of Sound in Audio Recordings -- The Musical Message and the Listener -- Listening and Evaluating Sound for the Audio Professional -- A System for Evaluating Sound -- Evaluating Pitch in Audio and Music Recordings -- Evaluating Loudness in Audio and Music Recordings -- Evaluating Sound Quality -- Evaluating the Spatial Elements of Reproduced Sound -- Complete Evaluations and Understanding Observations -- Bringing Artistic Judgment to the Recording Process -- The Aesthetics of Recording Production -- Preliminary Stages: Defining the Materials of the Project -- Capturing, Shaping, and Creating the Performance -- The Final Artistic Processes and an Overview of Music Production Sequences.