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phonautograph
The first device capable of recording sound signals Léon Scott de Martinville’s phonautograph. It was great because people could remember things and you could try to use it as a wire. It was bad because it couldn't reproduce the same sound signals. -
Gramaphone
Emile Berliner invented the gramophone. The gramophone was the first record player. The bad thing is that you couldn't really carry it around. You can actually listen to music easily now. -
Victor Talking Machine Company
This company formed a hand cranked motorized gramaphone. It was great because you could set it up easier, but you couldn't do it as fast -
Innovation in Electrical Recording and Amplification Systems
It combined with the magnetic recording to help drive the recording industry for the next two centuries. This would help, because now we have an easier way to hear music in a concert hall and it's bad because -
33-1/3 RPM Long-Playing Record
In the 1940's the long-playing record was invented by Columbia. This would play the records longer. It was great, because you could play a record without changing it so often, but the record would get worn out faster. -
Audio Cassette Tape Format
These types of tapes could be played in your radio, so it got more and more popular for your radio. You wouldn't have to keep putting tapes in and out, but you would have to rewind every time you would use it -
Digital Audio Recording Device
Sony created this device to be used by professionals in studios. It was the first one ever made. It could record things easily, but it couldn't save on any flash drive yet. -
Compact Discs
Compact discs (or CDs) were created in 1988. You put in your radio and you can skip, pause, rewind, or fast forward a song. It was much simpler than a record, but you still could not carry it around with you. -
iPod
Apple created the first iPod in 2001. You could download music and insert earbuds and listen to it wherever you go. It was great because this was the first item you could listen to music and carry around with you, but it used up energy, so the world is at a disadvantage.
