analog recording
Americannoun
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a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is converted to an analogous waveform.
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a record or audiotape made by this method.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Third Man prizes analog recording and limited-edition vinyl releases.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2012
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