Analog recording methods store analog signals directly in or on the media. The signal may be stored as a physical texture on a
phonograph record, or a fluctuation in the
field strength of a
magnetic recording. Analog transmission methods use analog signals to distribute audio content.[4] These are in contrast to
digital audio where an analog signal is
sampled and
quantized to produce a
digital signal which is represented, stored and transmitted as
discrete numbers.[5]
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