Editing Mass media (section)

=== Audio recording and reproduction ===

[[Sound recording and reproduction]] is the [[electric]]al or mechanical re-creation or amplification of [[sound]], often as [[music]]. This involves the use of [[audio equipment]] such as microphones, recording devices and loudspeakers. From early beginnings with the invention of the [[phonograph]] using purely mechanical techniques, the field has advanced with the invention of electrical recording, the mass production of the [[78 record]], the magnetic [[wire recorder]] followed by the [[tape recorder]], the vinyl [[Phonograph record|LP record]]. The invention of the [[compact cassette]] in the 1960s, followed by Sony's [[Walkman]], gave a major boost to the mass distribution of music recordings, and the invention of [[digital recording]] and the [[compact disc]] in 1983 brought massive improvements in ruggedness and quality. The most recent developments have been in [[digital audio player]]s.

An album is a collection of related audio recordings, released together to the public, usually commercially.

The term [[album|record album]] originated from the fact that 78 [[RPM]] phonograph [[Phonograph record|disc records]] were kept together in a book resembling a photo album. The first collection of records to be called an "album" was [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Nutcracker Suite]]'', release in April 1909 as a four-disc set by [[Odeon Records]].<ref name="sandiego"/><ref name="Chronomedia"/> It retailed for 16 [[shilling]]s—about [[Pound sterling|£]]15 in modern currency.

A [[music video]] (also promo) is a [[short film]] or [[video]] that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a [[song]]. Modern music videos were primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos go back much further, they came into their own in the 1980s, when [[Music Television]]'s format was based on them. In the 1980s, the term "rock video" was often used to describe this form of entertainment, although the term has fallen into disuse.

Music videos can accommodate all styles of filmmaking, including [[animation]], [[live-action]] films, [[documentary film|documentaries]], and non-narrative, [[abstract film]].