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recording system

recording system

1 3.2
A set of devices that capture sound for music or other uses
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sistema de grabación
  • We rely on our courts of law to solve title problems, whereas most other countries rely on solid recording systems and other safeguards, such as civil law notaries, to prevent lawsuits over titles.
  • Use a recording system

Examples

  • An event recording system was used with child pretend play behaviors using the five-step process described in Barton and Wolery (2010).

    Academic text (2015)
  • Details of the basic recording system and method for determining the drag have been previously reported (8).

    Academic text (1994)
  • An event recording system was used to collect data on students' performed trials.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The ultimate goal is to provide a personal health information recording system that is maintained and kept by the individual or other assigned persons.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The first artifact concerns changes that were made to Thailand's data recording system during the study period.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Use a recording system that minimizes disruption to the ongoing classroom activities.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The tunnel is also outfitted with an automated, state-of-the-art HD photo and video recording system.

    Blog text (17)
  • Problem behaviors were operationally defined per student based on functional behavioral data and were assessed using a partial-interval recording system.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Snoring was quantified objectively on the basis of recordings made on the SNAP recording system (SNAP Laboratories, Glenview, Ill.), a system that has been described previously.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The sound engineer set up a professional recording system to capture the band's new album.

Synonyms

recorder
vsrecording system
177 2.6

A device that saves sound or images for later playback

is about a combined assembly used mainly in music production and pro settings
sound system
vsrecording system
30 3.5

A set of electronic devices that records, makes louder, or plays sound

is aimed at assembled gear mainly for capturing audio for music
recording equipment
vsrecording system
5 2.9

Machines used to take and save sound or video

focuses on an assembled setup for capturing sound especially in music production
audio system
vsrecording system
3 3.4

Electronic devices used to play, record, or make sound louder

focuses on an assembled set of gear for capturing sound in music production
recording machine
vsrecording system
1 3.4

A machine that makes and stores sound or video

is an assembled set rather than one single device, focused on music capture

How Complex

multichannel recorder
  • Specialized
4.5
recording system
  • Specialized
1 3.2
audiotape
  • Archaic
36 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

recording + system

The meaning 'an assembly of equipment used for recording sound' is transparently derived from combining 'recording' (relating to capturing or saved sounds) with 'system' (a collection of interacting components). This noun–noun compounding is a common, compositional pattern in English (and many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Recording system comes from joining recording and system to make a short name. The image is simple: a system, a group of machines and microphones, that does the recording, so it now means 'an assembly of equipment used for recording sound'.