Part 1: Introduction
Section 1: About
This article includes the definitions used for various types of musical release. It also provides handy acronyms to use in your serial numbers.
Part 2: Compact Discs (CD)
Section 1: About
Compact Discs (CDs) are a physical media format developed by Philips and Sony to store and playback digital audio files. It can handle both lossy and lossless files as long as the total space taken is less than 700 megabytes. While CDs are significantly less popular after music streaming became popular, it is still by far the most accessible method of physical music ownership and should be the format you focus on the most other than digital. It is also astonishingly cheap to manufacture these.
Part 3: 12 Inch Vinyl
Section 1: About
12 Inch Vinyl are the most popular size and speed of vinyl records.
Part 4: 10 Inch Vinyl
Section 1: About
Old fashioned size of vinyl.
Part 5: 8 Inch Vinyl
Section 1: About
8 inch vinyl (also known as 45s) are Vinyl records that are designed for holding only a couple songs and are usually used for singles.
Part 6: Cassatte Tapes
Section 1: About
Cassate tapes are a magnetic tape format developed by Philips, and were the dominant method of listening to physical media when a record player was not available. However, in the modern day due to the limitations of the format such as the inability to find a specific song or the low audio quality, it is not recommended to focus on this format.
Part 7: 8-Track Tapes
Section 1: About
It is not recommended to make these tapes but here are some recommendations anyway.