äänitteillä

Äänitteillä is a Finnish term meaning on the recordings. It is the inessive plural form of äänite, which denotes a sound recording or audio document. The word äänite itself comes from äänne (sound) with a suffix that forms a noun referring to a made or fixed object related to sound. Historically, äänite could refer to phonograph records, but in contemporary language it broadly covers both analog and digital audio, including vinyl records, tapes, and digital files.

In usage, äänite/äänitteet refers to items stored in audio form. The phrase äänitteillä is used to indicate that something exists in recorded form or is located on such material, for example in archives, libraries, media production, or journalism. Related terms include äänittäminen (the act of recording), äänittäjä (the person recording or a recording engineer), äänitys (a recording or session), and äänitearkisto (audio archive). Other related forms include nominative äänitteet (the recordings) and inessive äänitteillä (on the recordings, in the recordings).

The concept is common in Finnish media and research contexts, where it helps distinguish between live or broadcast material and material preserved for later use. Overall, äänitteillä functions as a general descriptor for content preserved in audio format and as a marker of where such material can be found or accessed.