audio recordings
Captured sound files
Audio recordings are captured and stored sound—music, speech, or other sounds preserved for later playback.
The term covers any format: vinyl records, tapes, CDs, digital files.
The library's audio recordings include oral histories from the 1930s.
In legal and archival contexts, audio recordings often distinguish sound-only media from video.
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- microphonesAudio input devices
- vinyl recordsAnalog audio discs
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- audiobooksNarrated literary recordings
sound archives · field recordings · speakers · mixing consoles · white noise · sound waves · oral histories · voice memo · cassette tapes · archival recordings · mastering · CDs · amplifiers · soundtracks · voiceovers · phonograph · recorders · equalization
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, video
- media typesbooks, newspapers, magazines, radio, television
- teaching mediaeducational films, instructional videos, teaching aids, learning aids, teaching tools
- media archivesnews archives, newspaper archives, music archives, newsreels, news footage
- qualitative datainterviews, observations, field notes, focus groups, transcripts
- language preservationdictionaries, grammars, immersion programs, transcriptions, corpora
audio recordingslive performances
Unrecorded shows with audiences
live music · live concerts · live broadcasts · live shows · jam sessions
audio recordingsvideo recordings
Stored moving image files
visual media · film · photographs · silent film · video footage