This paper outlines the foundation of a classification system for recording devices that organizes them by what they can do. It outlines the purpose of the classification system, how it was developed and defines its conception of recording devices and their functional capabilities. It then details four major classes of recording device and their subclasses according to their common and distinct functional capabilities (what they can do). It then identifies the responsible properties through the process of facet analysis to produce a definition of each class according to these properties (or facets). This classification system organizes recording devices in a way that provides new tools for comparison and analysis. The paper briefly examples applications for these analytical tools before indicating the status and direction of future research. This paper represents a component of the primary author’s ongoing doctoral thesis due for submission in 2025 and is an iteration upon a presentation made by both authors to the Adelaide AES Chapter in February 2023.
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