Why do I need A-level Physics to study Music & Sound Recording?
Everything to do with recording and reproducing sound is based on principles of physics, from the production of sound, through the design and use of equipment, to the methods used to store the audio information. To position your microphones in the optimum place you need to understand how musical instruments radiate sound, how sound propagates, and how sound waves interfere with each other. To select the optimum microphone for each situation you need to understand how microphones work, how they convert sound to electricity, and how the different design parameters affect the recorded sound. To get the most out of analogue signal processing and find faults in equipment you need to understand how electronic circuits work and what each component does. To get the most out of your monitoring system (the loudspeakers and room) you need to understand how loudspeakers turn electricity into sound, how the different design parameters affect the reproduced sound, how the loudspeaker is acoustically
