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And what do they have in common? Please try to be as detailed as possible. Thank you so much


In analog recording, the level of sound is translated directly to some corresponding level of physical change on the recording medium.

Example: tape: The strength of the magnetic field of the particles on the tape at any point on the tape correspond directly to the level of sound at that point in time of the recording (not counting the tape bias)

Example: vinyl records: The depth of the cut into the vinyl at any point in the track corresponds directly to the level of the sound at that point in time of the recording.

Digital recorders convert the sound levels into digital numbers that a computer can interpret and store in memory. The sound is sampled at a regular interval (for CDs it is once every 22.6 micro-seconds). At each interval the sound is measured and assigned a number based on how strong or weak the sound is at that time. No sound would be the number zero, the loudest sound would be the highest number (for CDs it is 65,535). Each of the numbers (from 0 to 65,535) is stored in sequence in memory (disk, pen drive, internal memory, etc.).

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