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HISTORY OF SOUND TECHNOLOGY. Acoustic Era 1877 – 1925. The 1st Recording. Dec. 6, 1877: Thomas Edison is the first to record sound: Mary Had A Little Lamb. Early Phonograph. Mechanical sound reproduction. Alexander Graham Bell Mid 1880s. Develops the graphophone. Emile Berliner 1887.
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HISTORY OF SOUND TECHNOLOGY Acoustic Era 1877 – 1925
The 1st Recording • Dec. 6, 1877:Thomas Edison is the first to record sound: Mary Had A Little Lamb.
Early Phonograph • Mechanical sound reproduction.
Alexander Graham BellMid 1880s • Develops the graphophone
Emile Berliner1887 Patents the gramophone - precursor to vinyl records
Late 1880s • Dickinson develops the kinetograph
Tube Technology • Lee De Forest invents the vacuum tube (1906)
Don Juan 1926 • First film to include music on an amplified sound track.
Sound on FilmMay, 1927 • Fox produces newsreels known as Movietone News, which is shown prior to feature films in theaters.
Stereophonic Recording & Advances in Film Sound • 1933: King Kong was released by RKO and made film sound history.
Stereophonic recordings • Leopold Stokowski and Alan Blumlein were two pioneers in the field of stereo recording.
1949The “single” is born • RCA develops the 7” 45 RPM single.
1951The portable tape recorder • Stefan Kudelski builds the first Nagra portable field tape recorder.
1952Widescreen Film formats • Film industry develops wide formats to compete against the new TV industry.
1953Cinemascope • The Robe debuted as the first Cinemascope film.
1953Sun Studios • Considered the “Mecca” of modern rock recording.
Early Digital Technology • 1957: The first computer generated sound
Modern Synthesizers • 1966: Robert Moog releases first production model of the Moog synthesizer • 1975: The synclavier, developed by composer Jon Appleton and engineers Sydney Alonso & Cameron Jones
1965Dolby Type-A • Adopted by film industry in early to mid 70’s to make movies sound better.
1976Dolby Stereo • A star is Born is the first Dolby stereo movie.
The Digital Era1982 - ??? • 1982: The first Compact Audio Discs (CDs) are marketed by Sony.
1983Return of the Jedi • Introduces THX: A standard developed by George Lucas for theater sound systems.
1986Dolby SR • Dolby’s 2nd generation professional recording system (for analog recordings).
1987Rise of the DAT • The 1st Digital Audio Tape players are introduced.
1992Dolby Digital • Batman Returns is the 1st movie in Dolby Digital
1993SDDS • Last Action Hero is the1st film released in this new format (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound).
Mid 90’s - PresentDAW’s • Digital Audio Workstations slowly overtake analog to become the new industry standard for recording and editing.