ABSTRACT
The technologies used in recording are in a state of almost continuous development. This chapter traces technological development in the contemporary recording studio, from the beginning of the age of multi-tracking in the 1960s, through the development of digital music-making machines in the 1980s, to the development of software and computer technologies for digital multi-tracking from the late 1990s. The chapter discusses the impact of these technologies on the roles that the record producer and recording engineer play in the recording studio, in particular how technology has acted to position producers and engineers as key intermediaries in the creative process of music production.
