digital recording
Encoded audio file
Digital recording converts sound or images into numerical data—sequences of ones and zeros stored electronically.
Unlike analog recording, which captures continuous waveforms, digital recording samples the signal at intervals and encodes each sample as a number.
This allows perfect copying without degradation: The album was remastered from the original digital recordings.
Digital recordings can be edited, compressed, and transmitted more easily than analog formats.
Stored collection of data
- formatArrangement and presentation style
- bitrateData transfer speed
- codecData compression algorithm
- compressionForcing into smaller space
lossless · metadata · megabytes · memory · encode · hardware · software · FLAC
Audio input device
- soundwaveTraveling pressure disturbance
- mp3Compressed audio encoding
- wavAudio file extension
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
mixer · podcast · track · album · playlist · audiobook · acoustics · headphones
Stored duplicate for recovery
- archiveStored historical records
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- catalogOrdered list of items
indexing · retrieval · replication · restore · migration · long-term · collection · library
Portable video recording device
- footageRecorded video material
- videographyArt of recording footage
- filmingRecording on camera
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
webcam · 4K · HD · playback · time-lapse · slow-motion · montage · vlog
file
Stored collection of data
compression · lossless · metadata · megabytes · memory · encode · hardware · software · FLAC · AAC
microphone
Audio input device
stereo · mixer · podcast · track · album · playlist · audiobook · acoustics · headphones · speakers
backup
Stored duplicate for recovery
- archiveStored historical records
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- repositoryPlace for storing things
catalog · indexing · retrieval · replication · restore · migration · long-term · collection · library · vault
camcorder
Portable video recording device
- footageRecorded video material
- videographyArt of recording footage
- filmingRecording on camera
cinematography · webcam · 4K · HD · playback · time-lapse · slow-motion · montage · vlog · streaming
sensor
Input-detecting device
- shutterHinged window covering
- imageVisual or mental likeness
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
exposure · focus · frame · megapixel · ISO · aperture · photography · composition · RAW · autofocus
- audio mediavinyl, LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
- recordingsalbums, studio albums, live albums, CDs, live recordings
- audio productionDAW, mixing, mixing board, audio mixer, Foley
- recordingmixing, mastering, editing, overdubbing, multitracking
- audiosound, headphones, audio track, volume control, noise
- Home VideoVHS, video cassette, DVD, camcorder, home movies
digital recordinganalog recording
Continuous waveform sound capture
vinyl record · tape recording · reel-to-reel · cassette tape · analog signal
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