recordist

American  

[ri-kawr-dist] / rɪˈkɔr dɪst /

noun

1. Also called sound recordist.  Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set.

2. Also called recording engineer.  a similar specialist in charge of recording an album, taping a television show, etc..

   a video recordist.

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Etymology

Origin of recordist

First recorded in 1925–30; record + -ist

Example Sentences

“Songs of Disappearance” was produced by Charles Darwin University doctoral candidate Anthony Albrecht and is composed of sounds collected by David Stewart, a renowned wildlife sound recordist, among other collaborators.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2021

It's a craft that Birmingham-born sound recordist Martyn Stewart has perfected over the last 55 years.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2021

Day got wind of a whale hunt shortly after he and his sound recordist were rappelled 100ft down a cliff to a slippery ledge for a night to film the Faroese guga hunt.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2018

"Tanna" is the result of a collaboration between two Australian filmmakers, co-director and cinematographer Bentley Dean and co-director and sound recordist Martin Butler, and the people of a small village on the island called Yakel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2016

The most prominent field recordist today is Chris Watson, a soft-spoken 62-year-old from Sheffield, England, who has won numerous awards including for his work on BBC nature documentaries.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2016