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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.


Etymology

Origin of recordist

First recorded in 1925–30; record + -ist


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As Berriff, a sound recordist and assistant producer approached, they could see "both towers were on fire".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

In the 1960s and 70s, the wildlife recordist Lawrence Shove collected the sounds of the British forest.

From The Guardian ● May 20, 2020

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