Chapter 6
Recording Devices and Methods
Recording Hardware
The two basic types of recording systems are analog and digital. In the context of recording, analog usually refers to old-style tape recorders, but it also includes phonograph records, which are more a means of distribution than a recording medium. However, you’ll sometimes hear about an audiophile record label capturing a recording session live in stereo to a record-cutting lathe, which is then used as a master for the pressing plant. Although analog tape is still favored by some recording engineers, considering only the percentage of users, it was surpassed by digital recording many years ago. The main reasons digital recording prevails today are the high costs of both analog recording ...
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