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recordist

American  
[ri-kawr-dist] / rɪˈkɔr dɪst /

noun

  1. Also called sound recordistMovies. 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.


Etymology

Origin of recordist

First recorded in 1925–30; record + -ist

Example Sentences

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It was mostly me, the director of the photography, who was often my husband, Mrinal Desai, our sound recordist and our driver.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2024

They secured tracks from the country’s pre-eminent wildlife recordist and enlisted an Australian music-industry expert.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

“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

Mallinder moved to Australia and Watson had left in 1981, going on to become a highly respected sound recordist working with the likes of Sir David Attenborough.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 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