Mads Walther-Hansen is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. He writes on music listening, music production, sound technology, and sound analysis, and he has published several articles, chapters, and conference papers on cognition and language in relation to music production that examine the conceptualization of sound and the effect of recording technology on the listening experience. He is editor of the Music Journal Danish Musicology Online and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Imagination (Oxford University Press 2019).

Certificate of Merit in category Best Historical Research in Record Labels or General Recording Topics, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence

"Making Sense of Recordings belongs on the shelf next to Schaeffer's Traité." -- Edward Komara, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal

"Walther-Hansen persuasively argues that metaphors, as linked to embodied cognitive processes, are reflective of the actual auditory experience; they thus function as effective tools with which to conceptualize and communicate the nature of sound itself. Thanks to its thorough and insightful examination and systematization of the rich vocabulary of metaphors used to describe recorded sound, Making Sense of Recordings is a go-to book for anyone grappling with articulating the abstruse qualities of sound." -- Ragnhild Brøvig-Hanssen, Associate Professor of Music, University of Oslo

"What do we mean when we talk about the character of recorded sound--its hue, its weight, its feel? In Making Sense of Recordings, Mads Walther-Hansen unpacks the language of recording with insight and clarity. A deft blend of scholarly theory and practical know-how, this book is a boon to both researchers and recordists seeking a deeper understanding of the listener's art." -- Albin Zak, Professor of Music, University at Albany