Analog recording is a category of techniques used for the recording of analog signals. This enables later playback of the recorded analog audio.

Neumann Sound Engraver VMS-70

Analog audio recording began with mechanical systems such as the phonautograph and phonograph.[1] Later, electronic techniques such as wire[2] and tape recording[3] were developed.

Analog recording methods store analog signals directly in or on the media. The signal may be stored as a physical texture on a phonograph record, or a fluctuation in the field strength of a magnetic recording. Analog transmission methods use analog signals to distribute audio content.[4] These are in contrast to digital audio where an analog signal is sampled and quantized to produce a digital signal which is represented, stored and transmitted as discrete numbers.[5]

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  1. ^ Flatow, Ira (April 4, 2008). "1860 'Phonautograph' Is Earliest Known Recording". NPR. npr. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Morton, David (April 1998). "Armour Research Foundation and the Wire Recorder: How Academic Entrepreneurs Fail". Technology and Culture. 39 (2): 213–244. doi:10.2307/3107045. JSTOR 3107045. S2CID 112428198. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Schoenherr, Steven E. (July 6, 2005). "Recording Technology History". Recording Technology History. University of San Diego. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Elsea, Peter (1996). "ANALOG RECORDING OF SOUND". UCSC Electronic Media Studios. UC Santa Cruz. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Elsea, Peter (1996). "Basics of Digital Recording". UCSC Electronic Media Studios. UC Santa Cruz. Retrieved January 25, 2023.