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analog recording

American  

noun

  1. a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is converted to an analogous waveform.

  2. a record or audiotape made by this method.


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“Shaping Sounds” offers considerable technical information about microphones, recording equipment and studio layout—a valuable document from the era of analog recording.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The secret sauce, though, is in the way he cycles Lee and Anderson’s voice tracks through an analog recording process that makes them sound otherworldly.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2025

He has become synonymous with his DIY-ethos and his proselytization of analog recording methods.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2023

At CalArts Mr. Baldessari started making videos, using one of a couple dozen Sony Portapak analog recording systems owned by the institute.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2020

The album title references the seminal soul label, but it’s hardly a throwback record: mixing analog recording techniques and clusters of synth tones, dropping in lovely piano-driven melodies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2018

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