record
1 recording systems
2 making recordings
3 playing recordings
see also MUSIC, POP/ROCK, SING
1 recording systems
- music may be recorded on CD (= compact disc), on tape, or on record
Do you want it on CD or cassette? ◎ I've got that song on tape.
※ CDs
- a flat round shiny piece of plastic on which sound is recorded, and played on a machine using a laser: CD, compact disc
a set of classical CDs
- you play a CD on a CD player, compact disc player
a portable CD player
※ tapes and cassettes
- a small flat plastic case with tape inside: cassette, tape
I've got a tape of that.
- a tape with no recording on it is blank; a tape that you buy with a recording on it is pre-recorded
Have you got a blank tape that I could use?
- you play a tape on a cassette recorder, cassette player, tape recorder
※ records
- a thin round piece of black plastic on which sound is recorded: record (informal disc)
to make a record ◎ She's got a huge record collection.
- you play a record (disc) on a record player
- the flat, round surface that turns when you play a record on it: turntable
- a sharp needle which rests on a turning record to produce sounds: needle, stylus
- a full-size record: long-playing record (abbreviation LP), album
a double album (= two records)
- the cover of a record: sleeve
- a machine in a café or bar that plays records when a coin is put in: juke box
※ music systems
- equipment that you use to play CDs, tapes or records: music system
- a music system which gives high quality sound and usually consists of several parts: hi-fi (system)
hi-fi equipment
- a system that has two speakers: stereo (noun C/U) (plural stereos); when sound is directed through two speakers, it is in stereo
a stereo system ◎ a car stereo ◎ to listen to the stereo ◎ It sounds much better in stereo.
- the part of a music system that you play records on: (record) deck
- the part of a music system that plays tapes or cassettes: tape deck, cassette deck
- to make a sound louder by using electrical equipment: amplify sth; noun (U): amplification; the part of the equipment that makes sounds louder: amplifier
- the place where the sound comes out of a record-player, etc: speaker
- a record player, etc that can be moved or easily carried is portable
a portable cassette player
- a small stereo machine that one person can carry and listen to through headphones: personal stereo (plural personal stereos), Walkman
It's not a good idea to listen to your Walkman while riding a bicycle.
2 making recordings
- to put sounds onto a record, tape, or compact disc: record sth, make* a recording (of sth)
I don't think they've made a recording of that concerto yet.
- to record sounds onto a tape: tape sth
I want to tape this evening's Schubert concert.
- if you remove a recording from a tape, you wipe it off, (formal) erase it
I wiped the last few words off by mistake.
- one song or piece of music on a record, cassette or CD: track
- a small record that has only one song on each side: single
3 playing recordings
- when you use a record player, etc, you play sth (on it)
She spends all day playing loud music on her hi-fi.
- when you play a recording on a machine, you put* it on
Shall I put some music on?
- if you record something and then want to hear the recording you have made, you play it back
Would you like me to play the interview back to you?
- how loud the sound is: volume (noun U)
Do you have to have the volume so high? I'm trying to work!
- the quality of a sound: tone (noun U)
the tone control
- the high sounds that a machine reproduces: treble (noun U)
It's not very clear - try increasing the treble.
- the low sounds: bass (noun U)
too much bass
- if you increase the volume, the treble, the bass, etc, you turn sth up; opposite: turn sth down
Could you turn the volume down a bit please?
- to change any control: adjust sth
Try adjusting the bass.
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- a company that makes music recordings: record company
The Beatles formed their own record company.
- recordings are made in a (recording) studio (plural studios)
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