# Digital audio recorders

*/Products/Digital_audio_recorders*

Digital voice recorders

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Recording Audio](/Processes/Recording_Audio)
**Summary**: A portable device that captures sound and stores it as digital audio files; it is built from a microphone, an analog-to-digital converter, an audio codec processor, flash storage, a battery, controls, and an enclosure, and it is a finished consumer or professional electronics good.
**Output Of**:
- [Assembling Consumer Electronics](/Processes/Assembling_Consumer_Electronics)
**Components**:
- Name: Microphone Capsule · Quantity Note: captures sound · Required Input: 
- Name: Analog to Digital Converter · Quantity Note: digitizes the audio signal · Required Input: 
- Name: Audio Codec Processor · Quantity Note: encodes and stores audio · Required Input: 
- Name: Flash Memory Module · Quantity Note: stores recordings · Required Input: 
- Name: Rechargeable Battery Cell · Quantity Note: powers the recorder · Required Input: Lithium
- Name: Control Keypad · Quantity Note: user controls · Required Input: 
- Name: Device Enclosure · Quantity Note: housing · Required Input: Molded Plastic
**Packaged In**:
- [Retail Box](/Products/Retail_Box)
- [Molded Foam Insert](/Products/Molded_Foam_Insert)
**Warranted By**:
- [Consumer Electronics Warranty](/Services/Consumer_Electronics_Warranty)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [Surface Mount Assembly Line](/Products/Surface_Mount_Assembly_Line)
- [Injection Molding Machine](/Products/Injection_Molding_Machine)
**Runs Software**:
- [Audio Recorder Firmware](/Software/Audio_Recorder_Firmware)
**Assembled From**:
- [Audio Front End Module](/Products/Audio_Front_End_Module)
- [Control and Storage Subassembly](/Products/Control_and_Storage_Subassembly)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Electronic Components](/Products/Electronic_Components)
- [Molded Plastic](/Products/Molded_Plastic)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Sampling Rate](/Metrics/Sampling_Rate)
- [Audio Bit Depth](/Metrics/Audio_Bit_Depth)
- [Signal to Noise Ratio](/Metrics/Signal_to_Noise_Ratio)
- [Battery Life](/Metrics/Battery_Life)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

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### Produced with

- [Injection-Molding Machine](/Products/Injection-Molding_Machine) — produced with · Products
- [Smt Assembly Line](/Products/Smt_Assembly_Line) — produced with · Products

### Input to

- [Audio Recording and Capture](/Processes/Audio_Recording_and_Capture) — input to · Processes

### Output of

- [Assemble Consumer Electronics](/Processes/Assemble_Consumer_Electronics) — output of · Processes

### Requires input

- [Lithium Li](/Products/Lithium_Li) — requires input · Products

### Assembled from

- [Audio Front End](/Products/Audio_Front_End) — assembled from · Products
- [Control and Storage Subassembly](/Products/Control_and_Storage_Subassembly) — assembled from · Products

### Composed of

- [Electric accumulator](/Products/Electric_accumulator) — composed of · Products
- [Audio Codec](/Products/Audio_Codec) — composed of · Products
- [Analog to digital converters](/Products/Analog_to_digital_converters) — composed of · Products
- [Device Enclosure](/Products/Device_Enclosure) — composed of · Products
- [Control Keypad](/Products/Control_Keypad) — composed of · Products
- [Flash Memory Module](/Products/Flash_Memory_Module) — composed of · Products
- [Microphone Capsule](/Products/Microphone_Capsule) — composed of · Products

### Consumes

- [Electronic Component](/Products/Electronic_Component) — consumes · Products
- [Molded Plastic](/Products/Molded_Plastic) — consumes · Products

### Measured by

- [Signal-To-Noise Ratio](/Metrics/Signal-To-Noise_Ratio) — measured by · Metrics
- [Sampling Frequency](/Metrics/Sampling_Frequency) — measured by · Metrics
- [Sampling Resolution](/Metrics/Sampling_Resolution) — measured by · Metrics
- [Battery Life](/Metrics/Battery_Life) — measured by · Metrics

### Problems this exposes

- [codec/sample-rate compatibility across editing workflows](/Problems/codec%2Fsample-rate_compatibility_across_editing_workflows) — exposes problem · Problems
- [preamp self-noise floor audible on quiet field recordings](/Problems/preamp_self-noise_floor_audible_on_quiet_field_recordings) — exposes problem · Problems
- [battery life limits long unattended field captures](/Problems/battery_life_limits_long_unattended_field_captures) — exposes problem · Problems
- [clock jitter degrades A/D conversion fidelity](/Problems/clock_jitter_degrades_A%2FD_conversion_fidelity) — exposes problem · Problems

### Runs software

- [Audio Recorder Firmware](/Software/Audio_Recorder_Firmware) — runs software · Software

### Warranted by

- [Consumer Electronics Warranty](/Services/Consumer_Electronics_Warranty) — warranted by · Services

### Packaged in

- [Molded Foam Insert](/Products/Molded_Foam_Insert) — packaged in · Products
- [Retail Box](/Products/Retail_Box) — packaged in · Products