sound recordings
Music on vinyl
Sound recordings are captured audio preserved on some medium—vinyl records, magnetic tape, compact discs, or digital files.
The term encompasses music, spoken word, field recordings, and any other sounds fixed in reproducible form.
In legal and copyright contexts, sound recordings are distinguished from the underlying musical composition: The song and its sound recording have separate copyrights.
- WalkmanPortable personal cassette player
- audiobookRecorded oral narration
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- cassette tapeMagnetic recording medium
- tape hissHigh-frequency recording interference
microphone · mixing console · compact disc · reel-to-reel tape · master tape · Library of Congress · podcast · spoken word · iPod · jukebox · wax cylinder · radio broadcast · audio interface · performance rights · royalties · studio monitor · lo-fi beats · phonograph
- library collectionsrare books, manuscripts, medieval manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts, first editions
- audioheadphones, audio track, volume control, noise, static
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, video
- library materialsbooks, magazines, newspapers, journals, periodicals
- digital collectionsebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, photos, videos
sound recordingslive performances
Unrecorded shows with audiences
live music · live concerts · live broadcasts · ambient sound · acoustic sets
sound recordingsvideo recordings
Stored moving image files
photographs · images · film · film footage · silent film