cover Colin Elgie
cover Hipgnosis
engineer Derek Hanlon
music director Rod Anderson
music director Steve Graham
narrator [discussed by] Earl Mardle
producer Aaron Gershfield
written-by John Jessel
Engineered At D'Arblay Sound Studios
Engineered At Anemone Sound Facilities
Copyright (c) Cobiron Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Cobiron Ltd.
Box-set of 6 cassettes, each with an accompanying booklet (to be read before listening to each cassette) clarifying concepts discussed in the audio. Also included are a booklet covering a 36-page glossary of terms used and a 16-page booklet of blank pages in which notes can be written. Additionally the box contains two business card-sized certificate cards, a 4-page folded card promotional booklet, two application forms (on one sheet) and a two-page covering letter.

Box:
Excerpts by ,kind permission of the authors of Blood and Kisses; Childsplay, Final Drive, Trux and many others
© Cobiron Limited 1977
℗ Cobiron Limited 1977
Cover by: Colin Elgie/Hipgnosis.

Cassettes:
℗ 1977 Cobiron Ltd.
℗ 1977

Topics covered in cassette 1 - Exploration One & Unit One (16 pages) - The Nature of Sound:
-Sound Waves
-Frequency
-The Ear
-Types of Microphone
-Amplitude, intensity & loudness
-Dynamic range & harmonics
-Equalization
-Frequency response
-Frequency shifting
-Monophonic sound
-Stereophonic sound
-Compression
-Binaural listening
-Quadrophonic sound

Topics covered in cassette 2 - Exploration Two & Unit Two (20 pages) - The Studio:
-Ambient noise
-Control of sound
-Studio layout
-Cue procedures
-The mixer
-Acoustics
-Acoustic perspective
-Reverberation
-Echo
-Directional and omnidirectional microphones
-Impedance
-Impedance matching
-Making the best of home acoustics
-Monitoring
-Foldback

Topics covered in cassette 3 - Exploration Three & Unit Three (24 pages) - Recording Sound:
-Reel to reel tape recorders
-Cassette recorders
-Multi-track recorders
-Tape speeds
-Track width
-Tape heads
-Flutter echo
-Delayed echo
-Tape editing
-Tape loops
-The gramophone
-Controlling volume
-Programme meters
-Distortion
-Wow
-Dropouts

Topics covered in cassette 4 - Exploration Four & Unit Four (16 pages) - What To Listen For:
-Balancing
-Use of a single microphone
-Multi-microphone techniques
-Recording to solo instruments
-Recording speech
-Script handling
-Track laying
-Loudspeakers
-Distortions
-Quality of sound
-Listening for faults
-Storage of recordings
-Acoustics
-Wanted and extraneous sound

Topics covered in cassette 5 - Exploration Five & Unit Five (20 pages) - Speech and Drama:
-Narration
-Interviewing
-Programme formats
-Writing a script
-Characteristics of the sound medium
-Educational and instructional uses of recorded sound
-Sound and the imagination
-Recording sound effects
-Spot effects
-Use of music
-Casting
-Fades and mixes
-Pace
-Speech and drama
-Accents

Topics covered in cassette 6 - Exploration Six & Unit Six (20 pages) - Getting the most out of a studio:
-Production schedule
-Research
-Preparation
-Rehearsal
-Organization of time
-Role of the producer
-Operational staff
-Technicians
-Making decisions if things go wrong
-Fault finding
-The session
-Miking up
-Drums
-Guitar
-Vocals
-Copyright
-Contracts
Other: DSS 111 (Catalog Number, Cassette 1)
Other: DSS 112 (Catalog Number, Cassette 2)
Other: DSS 113 (Catalog Number, Cassette 3)
Other: DSS 114 (Catalog Number, Cassette 4)
Other: DSS 115 (Catalog Number, Cassette 5)
Other: DSS 116 (Catalog Number, Cassette 6)