Sound recording

Sound recording and reproduction is usually used for the voice or for music. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog sound recording and digital sound recording.

Traditional sound recording

Early developments encompass cylinder phonograph sound recording, disk phonograph sound recording and electrical sound recording.

Magnetic tape sound recording was a big invention in sound recording history. Sound could be recorded, erased and re-recorded on the same tape many times; sound could be duplicated from tape to tape, and recordings could now be very precisely edited.

The vinyl microgroove sound recording was introduced in the late 1940s. Vinyl sound recording offered improved performance. Latter, Dolby A noise reduction system was a breakthrough invention in sound recording history. Dolby A became a part of the booming Hi-Fi trend ever since 1970s.

Digital sound recording

Digital sound recording comes. Digital recording brings forward electronic recording formats such as wma, wav, mp3, ogg, etc.

Digital sound recording technology is now applied widely across various fields, from Hi-Fi to professional audio, internet radio and podcasting.

Nowadays, sound recording processes are separated into tracking, mixing and mastering. Multi-track sound recording makes it possible to capture signals from several input sources.

Digital sound recording makes many processes much easier than any time before: editing, level balancing, compressing and limiting, and adding effects, such as reverberation, equalization, flanging, and much more.