Recordable CDs are an alternative to tape for recording music and copying music albums without defects introduced in compression used in other digital recording methods.

Gary Smith, who produced the Pixies ' first recording, Come On Pilgrim, commented on the band's influence on alternative rock and their legacy in 1997:

He also modeled a successful independent recording career as an alternative to working for a label.

Philips developed an alternative noise reduction system known as Dynamic Noise Limiter ( DNL ) which did not require the tapes to be processed during recording ; this was also the basis of the later DNR noise reduction.

His use of atypical meter signatures, loud – quiet dynamics and distinct preference for live-to-two-track recording in his career as a solo artist give him a distinct style within alternative rock.

They were later joined by guitarist Rob Dean, and signed a recording contract with the German disco label Hansa-Ariola in 1977, becoming an alternative glam rock outfit in the mould of David Bowie, T. Rex, and The New York Dolls.

Signing to EMI in 2003 with the EP Five Tracks and the album HoboSapiens, Cale again returned as a regular recording artist, this time with music influenced by modern electronica and alternative rock.

The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative rock genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

In the recording of this call, Nixon is heard to ask Ford to arrange for the House delegation to include an alternative to Boggs.

Hard disk recording systems represent an alternative to more traditional reel-to-reel tape or cassette multitrack systems, and provide editing capabilities unavailable to tape recorders.

In the late 1980s digital recording was offered as an alternative to the reel-to-reel tape, and soon became the medium of choice.

The podcast was originally available in audio-only format, then offered an alternative video version consisting of a montage of still photographs relating to the topic discussed and taken at the recording session.

By working with an experienced mastering engineer, the recording artist is also open to alternative opinions and technical advice.

They christened themselves Japan in 1974, signed a recording contract with Hansa, and became an alternative glam rock outfit in the mould of David Bowie, T. Rex, and The New York Dolls.

An alternative to converting sign language to audio in real-time is to do a Hand-Over by recording hand motions while simultaneously playing back pre-recorded arm motions.

Another competing format, the Digital Audio Tape ( DAT ) had by 1992 also failed to sell in large quantities ( although it was established in recording studios )— DCC was envisaged as a cheaper alternative to DAT.

An alternative echo system was the so-called " oil-can delay " method, which uses electrostatic rather than electromagnetic recording.

An alternative recording of the Hebridean Symphony ( together with the Old English Suite and Russian Scenes ) is available on Naxos, with the Czecho-Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( Kosice ) conducted by Adrian Leaper.

The name ' White-winged Tern ' is the standard in most English-speaking countries ; in Britain, this name is also the one used by the formal ornithological recording authorities, but the older alternative ' White-winged Black Tern ' is still frequent in popular use.

Radio 1 has about 30 specialist shows including Blue Train ( jazz session ), CD Nonstop ( a whole CD recording is played every day ), Film o páté (" five o ' clock film "-current movies program ), French Connection ( news from the alternative French music scene ), Hard Music ( heavy metal and related music program ), Hitparáda Radia 1 (" the hit parade of Radio 1 "-foreign music top 40 ), Knižní servis (" the book service "-new books discussion ), Reggae club ( reggae ), Shadowbox ( news from the d ' n ' b scene ), Velká sedma (" the great seven "-Czech music hit parade ), Všechny hudby světa (" all music of the world "-world music program ) or Zátiší (" the still life "-discussion program with invited guests ).

An alternative approach was developed where the actor is given an unlimited walking area through the use of a rotating sphere, similar to a hamster ball, which contains internal sensors recording the angular movements, removing the need for external cameras and other equipment.

Since July 1, 1837, civil marriages have been a legal alternative to church marriages, under the Marriage Act 1836, which provided the statutory basis for regulating and recording marriages.

Shirley Ann Manson ( born 26 August 1966 ) is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Garbage.

It also means that their letters can be used as an alternative method of " numbering " ordered items, in such contexts as numbered lists.

* Cone Penetrometer apparatus, an alternative method to the Casagrande Device in measuring the Liquid Limit of a soil sample

An alternative method is to define the region based on ethnicity, and in particular, areas populated by Eastern Turkic, Eastern Iranian, or Mongolian peoples.

( An alternative method for indicating list items, without numbering them, is to use a bulleted list.

An alternative method, called " rythmo band " ( or " lip-sync band "), has historically been utilized in Canada and France.

René Descartes ( 1596 – 1650 ) developed analytic geometry, an alternative method for formalizing geometry.

An alternative method is program derivation, to " develop proof and program hand in hand ".

They begin with a critique of the past ” such that they review the ways women have been oppressed ; “ they seek alternative biblical and extrabiblical traditions that support ” the ideals Feminists are trying to advance ; and finally “ feminists set forth their own unique method of theology, which includes the revisioning of Christian categories .” Grenz and Olson also mention, however, while all feminists agree there is a flaw in the system, there is disagreement over how far outside of the Bible and the Christian tradition women are willing to go to seek support for their ideals.

With a table of appropriate size, this method is likely to be much faster than any alternative approach ( such as sorting the file and comparing all consecutive pairs ).

Braid therefore revised the theory and practice of Mesmerism and developed his own method of " hypnotism " as a more rational and " common sense " alternative.

An alternative method of solar-calendar intercalation, which does not vary the number of days in the year, works by varying the lengths of certain days.

For the benefit of users wishing to produce statistics and indexes oriented towards medical care, the Ninth Revision included an optional alternative method of classifying diagnostic statements, including information about both an underlying general disease and a manifestation in a particular organ or site.

A common alternative method of securing LDAP communication is using an SSL tunnel.

During 1995-1997, the Library of Congress received $ 2 million in appropriations to deacidify 72, 000 books using the Bookkeeper commercial method and evaluate alternative methods.

The baggage train provided an alternative supply method that was not dependent on access to a water-way.

An alternative method used by home gardeners and smaller-scale growers involves covering the growing area with organic mulches such as straw or with plastic sheets.

An alternative method to solving, once finding the first non-trivial solution, one could take the original equation and factor the left hand side as a difference of squares, yielding Once in this form, one can simply raise each side of the equation to the kth power, and recombining the factored form to a single difference statement.

An alternative method involves the application of unfolding measurement models, the most general being the Hyperbolic Cosine Model ( Andrich & Luo, 1993 ).

An alternative method is to install another layer directly over the worn layer.

An alternative to coating for some biological samples is to increase the bulk conductivity of the material by impregnation with osmium using variants of the OTO staining method ( O-osmium, T-thiocarbohydrazide, O-osmium ).

The Smolen convention ( see below ) provides an alternative method to show a five-card major and game-going values.

An alternative method is to estimate the current altitude ( angle ) of the sun from navigation tables, then set the index bar to that angle on the arc, apply suitable shades only to the index mirror, and point the instrument directly at the horizon, sweeping it from side to side until a flash of the sun's rays are seen in the telescope.

Boehme presented his system as an alternative to the Aristotelian method which he believed could provide a more profound knowledge and more control of nature than the Aristotelian method did.