007–Sound Recording Dialog Box

The 007–Sound Recording dialog box is used to insert special information about the physical characteristics of the sound recording. The 007 Sound Recording dialog box is displayed when you double-click the 007 tag in the MARC Editor and the first position of the fixed field contains ‘s’.

Select from the options in the following boxes to enter data in the 006 tag for a sound recording:

Category of material - Indicates the category of material to which the item belongs. The meanings of the remaining character positions in field 007 depend on the value in this character position.

Specific material designation - Indicates the specific material designation of the item. The specific material designation describes the special class of material (usually the class of physical object) to which an item belongs.

Speed - Indicates the playback speed of the sound recording. This code is only intended to relate to the playing speed of a sound recording rendered on a mechanical device.

Configuration playback channels - Indicates the configuration of playback channels. Monaural, stereophonic, quadraphonic, and other configuration of playback channels are coded based on a clear indication of intended playback. These codes do not refer to the configuration of channels originally recorded, unless those channels are all intended to be available on playback.

Groove width/groove pitch - Indicates the width of the groove of the recording for discs or the pitch of the groove for cylinders.

Dimensions - Indicates the diameter of an open reel or disc, or the dimensions of a cassette, cartridge, or cylinder.

Tape width - Indicates the width of the tape.

Tape configuration - Indicates the number of tracks on a tape.

Kind of disc, cylinder, or tape - Indicates the type of disc, cylinder, or tape.

Kind of material - Indicates the kind of material used in the manufacture of sound recordings (both instantaneous and mass-produced). This code is only intended to relate to a sound recording rendered on a mechanical device.

Kind of cutting - Indicates how the disc grooves are cut. Used primarily to identify discs which contain only hill-and-dale information.

Special playback characteristics - Indicates the playback characteristics for sound recordings. Special playback characteristics include special equipment or equalization necessary for proper playback. Codes should be used only if the item in hand includes a clear indication that special playback characteristics are required.

Capture and storage technique - Indicates how the sound was originally captured and stored. For re-releases of recordings, use the code for the original capture and storage technique, even though such re-releases may have been enhanced using another technique.