007/13 Sound recording: Capture and storage technique

Character position definition and scope:

A one-character alphabetic code indicates how the sound was originally captured and stored. Sound recordings should be coded for the original capture and storage techniques, regardless of the physical format of the manifestation being cataloged or whether the sound content of the manifestation being cataloged has been enhanced using other techniques. A fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this position.

Record requirements for National-level and Minimal-level records: Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:	Description:
a	Acoustical capture, analog direct storage
b	Electrical capture, analog direct storage
d	Electrical capture, digital storage
e	Electrical capture, analog electrical storage
u	Unknown capture and storage The original capture and storage technique are not known.
z	Other A capture and storage technique for which none of the other defined codes is appropriate.
\|	No attempt to code

Content designator history:

Prior to the definition of this character position in 1987, capture and storage information was contained in 007/04 (Kind of sound) along with configuration. When 007/13 was defined, 007/04 was redefined as Configuration of playback channels and the /04 codes that were not descriptive of that characteristic were made obsolete. See the Content Designator History section for 007/04 for the obsolete codes.

007/13 Capture and storage technique [renamed, 2021] [redescribed, 2021]

a - Acoustical capture, direct storage [renamed, 2021] [redescribed, 2021]

b - Direct storage, not acoustical [renamed, 2021] [redescribed, 2021]

d - Digital storage [renamed, 2021] [redescribed, 2021]

e - Analog electrical storage [renamed, 2021] [redescribed, 2021]

u - Unknown [renamed, 2021] [redescribed, 2021]