Examples of recordist in a Sentence
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An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical.
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
The crew consisted of photographer Jonathan Partridge from London, United Kingdom, sound recordist Matthew Magratten from Brooklyn, New York, sound recordist Drew Levinson from Boulder, Colorado, and photographer Andy Taylor, based in Sydney, Australia.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Fans have also chipped in for Betty Cantor-Jackson, a producer and sound recordist for the band, roadie Kidd Candelario and the Dead’s former onstage monitor engineer, Harry Popick.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
One scene conspicuously features the sound recordist’s microphone boom alongside the slate.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Those who started out as boom ops are sound recordists in their own right.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
In addition to filmmaking, Smith is a musician, composer and field recordist.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 June 2025
Everyone was interrogated multiple times, the office of the DOP was raided, the sound recordist’s passport was confiscated.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
The crew consisted of photographer Jonathan Partridge from London, United Kingdom, sound recordist Matthew Magratten from Brooklyn, New York, sound recordist Drew Levinson from Boulder, Colorado, and photographer Andy Taylor, based in Sydney, Australia.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Fans have also chipped in for Betty Cantor-Jackson, a producer and sound recordist for the band, roadie Kidd Candelario and the Dead’s former onstage monitor engineer, Harry Popick.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
One scene conspicuously features the sound recordist’s microphone boom alongside the slate.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Those who started out as boom ops are sound recordists in their own right.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
In addition to filmmaking, Smith is a musician, composer and field recordist.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 June 2025
Everyone was interrogated multiple times, the office of the DOP was raided, the sound recordist’s passport was confiscated.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Recordist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recordist. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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