recording system

Audio preservation setup

A recording system is equipment or technology designed to capture and store audio, video, or data for later playback or analysis.

The term covers everything from simple voice recorders to elaborate studio setups with multiple tracks and mixing capabilities: The band invested in a professional recording system.

In surveillance contexts, it refers to cameras and storage devices that document activity: The building's recording system captured the break-in.

Related

studio · home studio · control room · sound engineer · cassette · tape deck · vinyl · reel · track · audio · capture · voice memo · archive · footage · loop · disc · mixer · analog

Opposites
temporal mediation

recording systemlive broadcast

Transmission happening right now

live streaming · live feed · live performance · simulcast · live television

signal direction

recording systemplayback device

Machine that reproduces media

sound system · speaker system · public address system · PA system

Family

record, recording, recorded, recorder, records, recordings, recorders, cord, system

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G