recording sessions
Laying down tracks
Recording sessions are periods of time when musicians, voice actors, or other performers work in a studio to capture audio.
The term emphasizes the process rather than the product—the hours spent getting takes right, experimenting with sounds, and building tracks: The album took six months of recording sessions.
Session musicians are hired specifically for these occasions.
- punch-inRegister work arrival
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- click trackAudible beat for synchronization
- compressorsVolume-reducing machines
- tape machineMagnetic audio recording device
take · scratch track · overdubs · editing · rough mix · engineer · talkback · red light · soundproofing · booth · live room · equalizers · comping · arrangement · singer · isolation · mixing consoles · microphones
- recordingsalbums, studio albums, live albums, CDs, live recordings
- audio productionDAW, mixing, mixing board, audio mixer, Foley
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- orchestrassymphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, philharmonic, string ensemble, sinfonietta
- singing activitieskaraoke, choir, humming, caroling, serenading
recording sessionslive performances
Unrecorded shows with audiences
live concerts · live shows · stage performances · jam sessions · rehearsals
recording sessionsmixing
Combining into one mass
mastering · post-production · album release · distribution · playback