recordist

recordist noun: someone who makes sound recordings.

Noun

recordist (plural recordists)

Someone who makes sound recordings.
- Once the materials arrived at the stage, a dozen recordists and mix technicians required a half an hour to load the three or four dozen tracks a predub might require.2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, The Art of Movies
Someone who plays a recorder.
- Audio Devices, Inc., announce two prize contests, one for Home Recordists, and the other for Church Recordists.1954, Kansas Music Review - Volumes 16-18, page 23
- A Concert for Three Recordists by Matthew Locke was the program piece.1960, The American Recorder - Volumes 1-2, page 19
Synonyms:

recorderist

The more our young recordists can be encouraged to play among themselves in groups with and without piano accompaniment, in their own homes, the better.1961, Watkins Shaw, Music in the Secondary School, page 71:
For that matter Somary doesn't lack name performers: John Wilbraham is the trumpet soloist and one of the recordists is David Munrow.1981, Arthur Cohn, Recorded Classical Music:

plural	recordists

From record + -ist.

What does recordist mean?: Recordist means someone who makes sound recordings.
How do you use recordist in a sentence?: The more our young recordists can be encouraged to play among themselves in groups with and without piano accompaniment, in their own homes, the better.
What part of speech is recordist?: Recordist is a noun.
What is the plural of recordist?: The plural of recordist is recordists.

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