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Audio Formats
| Analogue audio – groove carriers | Obsolesence |
|---|---|
| Cylinders (replicated wax or moulded) 1876 – 1929 | Obsolete |
| Cylinders (instantaneous / dictaphone) 1876 – 1950s | Obsolete |
| Coarse groove disc (78 rpm and similar) 1888 – c.1960 | Obsolete |
| Transcription disc (pressed) 1930s – 1950s | Obsolete |
| Instantaneous lacquer disc 1930s – 1960s | Obsolete |
| LP (long playing) microgroove 1950s – present | Soon to be Obsolete |
| Metal Part | Obsolete |
| Analogue audio – magnetic carriers | Obsolesence |
|---|---|
| Wire 1930s – late 1950s | Obsolete |
| Magnetic tape reel-to-reel 1935 – present | Obsolete |
| Talking Book Metal Cartridge | Obsolete |
| Cartridge 1960 – present | Obsolete |
| Compact cassette 1960s – present | Just Finished < 2 years |
| Beta PCM and Hi-Fi Audio | Obsolete |
| VHS Half Speed Longitudinal Audio | Just Finished < 2 years |
| 1/2” Beta Domestic High Fidelity Audio | Obsolete |
| Digital audio & analogue – magnetic – tape carriers | Obsolesence |
|---|---|
| VHS PCM and Hi-Fi Audio | Just Finished < 2 years |
| Digital audio – tape carriers | Obsolesence |
|---|---|
| Digital 8 track audio (S-VHS) | Obsolete |
| Digital Compact Cassette | Obsolete |
| Beta PCM Audio Only | Obsolete |
| VHS PCM Audio Only | Just Finished < 2 years |
| U-matic Audio Only (1630 or 1610) 1979-80 – present | Just Finished < 2 years |
| Digital 8 track audio (Hi-8) | Just Finished < 2 years |
| DAT Digital Audio Cassette 1980 – present | Just Finished < 2 years |
| Digital audio – disc carriers | Obsolesence |
|---|---|
| Bernoulli Box – 20Mb flexible disk cartridge | Obsolete |
| Compact disc (CD)1980 – present | Current |
| Compact disc recordable (CDR) 1980 – present | Current |
| Super Audio CD (SACD) 1999 - present | Current |
| Magneto-Optical-Disk (MOD) | Obsolete |
| Mini Discs (MD) – present | Current |
| Digital audio – other | Obsolesence |
|---|---|
| Piano roll (88 note) 1902 – present | Declining |
References
Edmondson, Ray., 2004,Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy and Principles, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris. p. 73, with additions by the NFSA.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.