Analog recording 190003 221915689 2008-06-26T17:45:34Z 205.118.16.110 assorted misc for readability '''Analog (or ''analogue'') recording''' (Greek, ''ana'' is "according to" and ''logos'' "relationship") is a technique used to [[recording|store]] signals of [[audio]] or [[video]] information for later [[playback]]. Analog recording methods store audio signals as a continual wave ''in'' or ''on'' the media. The wave might be stored as a physical texture on a [[phonograph record]], or a fluctuation in the [[field strength]] of a [[magnetic recording]]. This is different from [[digital recording]], which converts audio signals into discrete numbers. The first successful demonstration of analog recording for audio was by [[Thomas Alva Edison]]. The first analogs of [[moving pictures]] were those of the [[Lumiere Brothers]]. ==Examples== ==Audio== The modern examples of analog audio recording are: * [[Gramophone record]] (also known as a ''phonograph record'', ''vinyl'', etc). * [[Wire recording]] * [[Magnetic tape]], [[magnetic tape sound recording]] ==Video== The earliest forms of [[video]] recording used analog technology. [[John Logie Baird]] developed a system in the 1920s for the storage of video signals on conventional phonograph records, which he called [[Phonovision]]. In the 1930s, he further developed the [[Intermediate Film Technique]], which provided for an analog method of temporary video storage by using cine film. ==See also== *[[Analog signal]] *[[Electrical Audio]] – Analog recording studio operated by [[Steve Albini]] [[Category:Recording]] [[Category:Media technology]]