Analog Recording

This refers to recording analog signals without converting those signals to digital audio first. Analog recording requires an analog recording medium, such as magnetic tape or wax or vinyl cylinders. Until the advent of digital audio, all recordings were analog recordings. When the compact disc was introduced, the digital recording era officially began. Today, nearly all recordings are digital, and even those artists who prefer to make analog recordings for artistic reasons almost always ultimately have to convert their music to digital audio for distribution.