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The History of Audio. By Cailey Roberson. Thomas Edison really played a large role throughout the history of audio. He invented many things including the phonograph. Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. 1877.
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The History of Audio By Cailey Roberson
Thomas Edison really played a large role throughout the history of audio. He invented many things including the phonograph. Thomas Edison
The first music is put on a record. Jules Levy plays Yankee Doodle on his cornet. 1878
Edison improves his original phonograph by making an electric motor-driven phonograph. 1888
Marconi successfully experiments with his wireless telegraphy system in Italy. 1895
Experimental optical recordings are made on motion picture film. 1901
Lee DeForest invents the triode vacuum tube, the first electronic signal amplifier. 1906
“The Jazz Singer” is released as the first commercial talking motion picture. 1927
Magnetic recording on steel wire is developed for commercial use. 1933
“Fantasia” is released, made with eight-track stereophonic sound. 1940
Ampex produces the first tape recorder (the Model 200). 1947
Germany introduces the electromechanical reverberation plate. • The first pocket transistor is produced by Sony. 1954
Philips introduces the first cassette tape. • The Beach Boys use the first large full-range sound system for their concert tour. 1963
The Beatles were the first to intentionally incorporate guitar feedback on a song (I Feel Fine). 1964
Digital tape recording is used in professional audio studios. 1975
MP-3 players appear. 1998
http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/audio.history.timeline.html • http://community.digitalmediaacademy.org/12758-how-the-beatles-changed-music Citations