recorders

Elementary music instruments

Recorders are devices that capture and store audio, video, or data for later playback: tape recorders, flight recorders, digital voice recorders.

A recorder is also a simple woodwind instrument with finger holes and a whistle-like mouthpiece, often the first instrument children learn in school music classes.

In some legal systems, a recorder is a judge or court official who keeps records.

audio

microphone

Audio input device

reel-to-reel · digital · voice · sound · transcription · playback · loop · pause · rewind · stereo

instrument

woodwind

Blown orchestral instrument type

soprano · alto · tenor · bass · descant · treble · consort · fingering · breath · penny whistle

official

clerk

Office record-keeper

  • registrarKeeper of official records
  • notaryDocument authentication official
  • courtTrial venue or sports surface

municipal · county · deeds · minutes · archivist · secretary · scribe · chronicler · stenographer · oath

video

camcorder

Portable video recording device

bodycam · dvr · capture · film · tape · playback · security · broadcast · streaming · vlog

Categories
Opposites
musical instrument type

recordersfife

Small shrill woodwind

piccolo

INFORMATION CAPTURE vs. PLAYBACK

recordersplayers

Game participants

playback devices · reproducers · speakers · monitors · erasers

documentation role

recordersdestroyers

Fast armed naval vessels

concealers · shredders · redactors · erasers · censors

Phrases
Family

recorded, recorder, unrecorded, prerecorded, re-recorded

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G