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Audio Timeline

Audio Timeline. By: Cade Thompson. 1877. Thomas Edison's phonograph was invented in 1877. 1878. The first music is put on record: cornetist Jules Levy plays "Yankee Doodle . 1888.

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Audio Timeline

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  1. Audio Timeline By: Cade Thompson

  2. 1877 • Thomas Edison's phonograph was invented in 1877.

  3. 1878 • The first music is put on record: cornetist Jules Levy plays "Yankee Doodle.

  4. 1888 • In 1888, Emile Berliner filed and patented a talking machine which also recorded and played back sound. (The gramophone)

  5. 1898 • ValdemarPoulsen patents his "Telegraphone," recording magnetically on steel wire.

  6. 1901 • The Victor Talking Machine Company is founded by Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson.

  7. 1906 • Lee DeForest invents the triode vacuum tube, the first electronic signal amplifier.

  8. 1912 • Major Edwin F. Armstrong is issued a patent for a regenerative circuit, making radio reception practical.

  9. 1913 • The first "talking movie" is demonstrated by Edison using his Kinetophone process, a cylinder player mechanically synchronized to a film projector.

  10. 1929 • The "Blattnerphone" is developed for use as a magnetic recorder using steel tape.

  11. 1930 • Before the development of oxide based magnetic tape, the stainless steel piano wire recorder was the dominant audio recording format of choice.

  12. 1932 • The first cardioid ribbon microphone is patented by Dr. Harry F. Olson of RCA, using a field coil instead of a permanent magnet..

  13. 1936 • The Tefifon used an endless  vinyl belt housed in a cassette that recorded the tracks.

  14. 1940 • Walt Disney's "Fantasia" is released, with eight-track stereophonic sound.

  15. 1945 • The Audographused technology, in that the modulated grooves were embossed onto soft vinyl.

  16. 1945 • The soundscriber used flexible vinyl records were "cut" using a stylus cutting head and playback  was made on a dedicated player.

  17. 1947 • Dictabelts are flexible belts of vinyl  .005" thick by 3 1/2 inches wide with a circumference of 12 inches, which allowed up to approximately 15 minutes of recording time per belt. This machine works just like the soundscriber.

  18. 1957 • The SonabandWalkieRecordAllused the same technology as that of the Dictabelt.It embossed the audio information onto a soft vinyl belt with a stylus, instead of cutting grooves into harder materials.

  19. 1957 • The portable dictet dictation recorder by the Dictaphone Corporation, was the very first dictation machine to use magnetic tape cassettes. (dictaphonedictet)

  20. 1958 • In 1958 RCA developed an audio cartridge system known simply as the sound tape cartridge.

  21. 1959 • Introduced in 1959 by Collins Radio, the cart tape format was designed for use by radio broadcasters to play commercials,  bumpers, and announcements. 

  22. 1960 • In 1960, the magnabeltwas invented. It was another type of dictation machine.

  23. 1962 • Ironically, the compact cassette is still in wide use today and was never intended for such wide use.

  24. 1964 • The Sanyo Pack 35 was an early format portable dictation player/recorder for busy executives in the 1960’s.

  25. 1977 • The Elcaset format was introduced by Sony in 1977.  Though marketed as a consumer format, it was intended as a platform to offer open reel to reel quality with the convenience of a compact cassette.

  26. 1978 • The Sony PCM-F10, though not the first digital stereo recorder, was the first to make it truly affordable.

  27. 1981 • Sony released the second generation called the PCM-F1 which reduced the processor size substantially.

  28. 1982 • The audio CD in the form we know it today, was released in the UK in September, 1982.

  29. 1987 • Introduced in 1987 for the professional studio market, digital audio tapes quickly claimed the high ground in professional recording industry circles.

  30. 1991 • Released in 1991, the first ADAT machine took the recording industry by storm.

  31. 1989 • The mp3 player was invented.

  32. 2000 • The versacorderwas invented in 2000 and was used for talk shows.

  33. 2001 • The advanced audio coding is a newer codec algorithm made in 2001.

  34. 2001 • The first ipodwas released on November 10, 2001.

  35. Cites • http://videointerchange.com/audio_history\ • http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/audio.history.timeline.html

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