Viers, an independent audio producer with 15 years of experience working for major film and TV production companies, presents a guide to producing high quality audio-recording in a TV and film-context. He argues that it's easy to relegate sound to a postproduction priority, but that quality is really determined by what you get "on location." He reviews several basic areas of audio-production, including sound and mic basics, types of microphones, microphone technique, wireless systems and signal flow issues, recorders, mixers, building a sound package, and in later chapters he covers more vocation topics related to being an audio-production professional. He makes use of images, break-away sections and other non-written devices to organize the book. He doesn't tell you what to do in every situation, but offers a formula for figuring it out yourself. Though focused on television and film, it may also be of interest to anyone involved in audio-production. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)