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Natasha Lakeman Spring 2013. Musical inventions. ~Table of Contents~. The Record Player The Cassette Tape The CD The Walkman MP3 Format iTunes VOCALOID Keyboard iPod Absurd Invention Bibliography. ( Hehehe I love Deadmau5.). The Record Player.
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Natasha Lakeman Spring 2013 Musical inventions
~Table of Contents~ • The Record Player • The Cassette Tape • The CD • The Walkman • MP3 Format • iTunes • VOCALOID Keyboard • iPod • Absurd Invention • Bibliography (Hehehe I love Deadmau5.)
The Record Player (Before you ask, yes, this is a MLP record I found.)
The Record Player • Emile Berliner continued Thomas Edison’s work on the phonograph. • Replaced the cylinder that holds the recording with a hard rubber disk. • The rubber was later replaced with shellac. • You turned the crank to produce the sound. • Eldridge Johnson modified the design so it would fit better in a home. • The design kept changing. • The most modern design is now called a turntable. It is most commonly used by DJs.
The Cassette Tape • Mainly sold during the 1970’s and 1990’s. • Replaced with the CD. • Got its name from the French word Cassette. It means “Little box.” • The cassette tape made it easier and cheaper to record yourself at home.
The CD DuhnDuhnDuuuhn!
The CD • The CD replaced the cassette tape. • Phillips and Sony made the first CDs and CD players. • They started working on creating an “optical audio disk” In 1974. • Many companies started working on them but Sony was the first to show theirs off in an audio fair.
The Walkman • Got its name from Sony. • It started out as a portable tape player in the 60s. • The original offered two headphone jacks for two listeners. • In later models, they started adding AM/FM receivers. • Sony got sued multiple times because one man claimed to have had the idea before Sony.
MP3 Format • A German engineering company invented the MP3 format. • Karlheinz Brandenburg is often called the “Father of MP3” • They almost gave up the project in 1991 but then fixed the bug once they found it. • MP3 stands for MPEG Audio Layer 3. • MPEG is an acronym for Motion Pictures Experts Group.
iTunes (I bet he’s excited to get 100 free songs.)
iTunes • First launched April 8, 2003. • Windows version launched October, 2003. • At first it was only available in the U.S. • Sold 70 million songs in the first year. • The most famous legal music downloading website.
VOCALOID Keyboard (Oh, come on. Did you seriously think I wouldn’t add anything Vocaloid related? XP)
VOCALOID Keyboard • It is a Japanese invention used by professional music makers. • Made by Yamaha. • It is a way to use voice synthesizer software. • Currently only optimized for Japanese users. • Yamaha isn’t currently planning on making it available to the market. • The sound chip, however, may be available for those whom may find it helpful.
iPod • The first iPod was introduced in 2001. • The second generation was released in 2002. This time Windows compatible. • The first version of the iPod Nano and Shuffle were released on 2005. • Once iTunes started selling videos, the iPods then gained the ability to play video. • The first iPod Touch was introduced in 2007.
Dance Fever • You hook the belt up with a partner and use it to dance. • It comes with Flashing lights. • Made in the 1970’s
Bibliography~ • Meredith, Bower. How Record Players Work. April 23, 2013. http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/record-player2.htm • Bellis, Mary. The History of MP3. April 23, 2013. http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/MPThree.htm • Group Picture ~Red-Flare. [Online Image] Available http://red-flare.deviantart.com/art/The-Evolution-of-Music-209557321 April 23, 2013 (This is hand drawn!)