audio recording
Sound preserved digitally
An audio recording is sound captured and stored for later playback.
The term covers everything from voice memos to studio albums, podcasts to field recordings.
Before digital technology, recordings were made on physical media—vinyl records, magnetic tape, cassettes.
Now most audio recording happens digitally: She made an audio recording of the interview for transcription.
- voiceoversRecorded speech over footage
- voice memoRecorded spoken note
- microphoneAudio input device
- sound boothSoundproofed recording space
- vinyl recordGrooved analog audio disc
tape deck · podcasting · cassette tape · audiobooks · reel-to-reel tape · master tape · sound design · preamplifier · overdubbing · mixing console · signal-to-noise ratio · studio monitors · phonograph · transcription · music production · DAW · film soundtracks · headphones
- forensic interviewsforensic interview, witness interview, witness interviews, interview room, interrogation
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- recordingsalbums, studio albums, live albums, CDs, live recordings
- teaching methodspresentation, lecturing, discussion, modeling, hands-on learning
- accommodationsextra time, double time, time and a half, breaks, rest breaks
- court evidenceexhibit, physical evidence, DNA evidence, fingerprints, ballistics
audio recordinglive performance
Unrecorded staged entertainment
live broadcast · live music · live show · live concert · live stream
audio recordingvideo recording
Stored moving images
film · silent film · photograph · visual media · image