audio archives
Stored audio recordings
Audio archives are collections of recorded sound preserved for historical, cultural, or research purposes.
These include oral histories, radio broadcasts, music recordings, speeches, and field recordings of natural sounds.
Institutions maintain audio archives to document voices and sonic environments that might otherwise be lost: The library's audio archives contain interviews with civil rights activists from the 1960s.
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- reel to reelTape system using spools
- oral historiesRecorded spoken recollections
voice recordings · record · cataloging · field recordings · tape · indexing · historical research · conservation · sound quality · tape hiss · reel · vinyl records · linguistic analysis · soundscapes · speeches · cultural preservation · hiss · restoration
audio archiveslive broadcasts
Programs transmitted instantaneously
live radio · live streaming · live performance · live commentary · live performances