- *Analog reel to reel*: Nagra
- *Digital Audiotape Recorder (DAT)*: smaller than Nagra and uses a cassette. Timecode and nontimecode. Non-timecode works okay with a clapper and slate. Combines digital information encoding and linear analog tape storage
- *Hard Drive Recorders*: a tapeless system that writes the audio signal to a hard drive or other similar storage medium. Each take is a digital file.
*Features of Recorders:*
- Mic inputs
- Line inputs and outputs
- Record level adjustments knobs or faders to control levels of sound
- VU (Volume Unit) meters analog standard. The needle measures the AVERAGE sound
- Peak Program Meter (PPM) digital recorders and newer analog recorders. Shows MAXIMUM sound
