0 present participle of prerecord --
1 to record something, especially music or speech, in order to use it at a later time: --
Crosby saw an enormous advantage in prerecording his radio shows.
The committee eventually persuaded him to take part by prerecording the song.
Prerecording also allowed the same sound effect to be used multiple times.
Obviously, though, such an original could itself only exist as a record - a textual ' ' prerecording' ' not being something that could ever materialize.