Editing Hard disk recorder (section)

==History==
Prior to the 1980s, most [[recording studio]]s used [[Analog recording|analog]] [[multitrack recorder]]s, typically based on [[reel-to-reel tape]]. The first commercial hard disk recording system was the Sample-to-Disk 16-bit, 50&nbsp;kHz [[digital recording]] option for the [[New England Digital]] [[Synclavier II]] in 1982. [[Stereo]] audio was not immediately available due to data input and output limitations on hard drives of that time.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.500sound.com/synclavierhistory.html |title=Synclavier early history |access-date=2017-07-30}}</ref> The high cost and limited capacity of these solutions limited their use to large [[professional audio]] recording studios, and even then, they were usually reserved for specific applications such as [[film]] [[post-production]].

With the arrival of the [[compact disc]] in 1982, digital recording became a major area of development by equipment makers.  Several affordable solutions were released during the late 1980s and early 90s; many of these continued to use tape, either in reels or in more manageable [[videocassette]]s.  In 1993, iZ Technology Corporation developed [[RADAR (audio recorder)|RADAR]] (Random Access Digital Audio Recorder distributed by [[Otari Incorporated|Otari]]), designed to replace 24-track tape machines.  By the mid-1990s, with the steady decline of hard disk prices and the corresponding increases in capacity and portability, the cost of hard disk recording systems had dropped to the point where they became affordable for even smaller studios.  Hard disk systems have since become the preferred method for studio recording.

On January 14, 2004, Engineers from Fairlight, [[WaveFrame]] and [[AMS (Advanced Music Systems)|AMS]] were awarded [[Academy Scientific and Technical Award]]s for the development of hard disk recording technology<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/sci-tech/ceremonies/2004 |title=The 76th Scientific & Technical Awards 2003, 2004 |publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>