Quoting Giga Wizard:

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these are not functional equivalents! These are direct translations (UK >US)

They are used in some rare US films as well.

I have seen the name Sound Recordist in UK/CAN/AUS/NZ Productions. I gather the term Production Sound Mixer or Sound Mixer is used primarily in US Productions, and since this is an American Program I think we should always replace/translate Sound Recordist to the appropriate role.

Bump...

Can we get a clearer consensus on this? About half of the affected profiles in my database use "sound" for this, and the other half uses "production sound mixer". I've found that whichever half I'm trying to fix gets me "no"-votes. Based on the results of the poll, I was trying "production sound mixer" today, and although I referred to this thread, I was told that "the rules are quite clear that Sound Recordist gets entered under Sound, you should raise this in the forums that people are voting against the rules."

As I said in my original post: I really have no opinion on this. I just want to be consistent. As of yet, that consistency doesn't seem to be within reach. Is this really going to be another "first one in wins" thing?

Thoughts?

Quoting T!M:

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Are we really going to be stuck with this mess?

The fact of the matter is yes... with UK and some other countries using Sound Recordist and the US using Production Sound Mixer.  Does nothing more than create confusion among the contributors.  Even looking at the voting it is pretty much evenly split as to what a Sound Recordist should be credited as for UK productions.

Personally I don't see this changing much in the near future unless we get some rule modifications.  At least the Sound Recordist is still getting credited even if it is just "Sound".  It wasn't that long ago some contributors were not even including them because they felt "Primarily used in older films" meant they shouldn't be credited at all.

Looking at the votes makes it obvious no one knows which is correct!   

Quoting bigdaddyhorse:

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How about this as a possible way to determine...

Is anyone else credited as "production sound mixer", or "Sound mixer" at all?
If yes to PSM, this guy is now "Sound", if no to PSM, then he's the PSM. I don't think I've seen a movie with more than one PSM, so this would cover most everything.
Wasn't that simple?

If yes to SM and it's outside the sound section, then that's PSM. If inside the sound section, then RRM, just like the rules say.

Basically they are credited just like a US PSM, outside of the sound credits only difference is their credit is Sound Recordist instead of "Sound Mixer, Location Sound Mixer, Production Mixer, or Production Sound Mixer".