helisalvestustel
Helisalvestustel is a term used in Estonian to refer to a device or system designed to record audio. The word combines heli (sound), salvestus (recording), and tel (tool or device), and it is used for equipment or software that captures, stores, and reproduces acoustic signals. In practice, heli salvestustel can range from simple handheld recorders to professional multi-channel systems.
Most heliisalvestustel consist of several core components: a transducer such as a microphone or microphone array
Recording typically involves converting acoustic waves into electrical signals, boosting and digitizing them, and then encoding
Applications span journalism, music production, field recording, linguistic research, forensics, and archival preservation. Standards and practices
See also: Audio recorder; Field recording; Digital audio workstation.