7 Technicalities
AUDIO RECORDING
Radio stations rely on different types of recording systems to store interviews and audio and play out programme material. Old analogue equipment such as cartridge players and open-reel tape recorders has been replaced by digital equipment, where audio is recorded direct onto a computer hard disk, which can then be edited, stored, played out and archived.
Digital recording
Digitized audio signals have now been with us for some time and the basic technique is in daily domestic use with compact discs and minidiscs. With vast amounts of digital storage becoming cheaper, a revolution has taken place in the way radio stations operate.
Digital recording hardware and software in use at radio stations includes the following. ...
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