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Leon Scott's phonautograph
the phonautograph patented by scott allows playback for sounds by leading sound toward a diaphram using a horn. a stylus would then etcha line on a cone to be later used. -
The microphone
first invented amd patented by Emile Berliner, The carbon microphone was inventefd 2 years later in 1878 by David Edward Hughes, which was later improved uppon and is the version we stil use today. -
Thomas Edison's phonograph
Word of Thomas Edison's creation, the phonogaph, gets out. The phonograph used vibrations of sounds and etched the into a wax cylinder, to hear the recorded sound the grooves would cause vibratons to emulate the sound recorded. -
Emile Berliner's gramophone
Emile Berliner created an inovation in recording which was the first to establish a disk or record to playback recorded sounds. a spiral carved into the disk cntained sound information and an arm with a needle woud process the infornation and vibrations and would play them through a speaker. -
Vlademar Poulsen's telegraphone
somewhere between 1898 abd 1900 Vlademar Poulsen invented the telepgraphone which used a steel wire wrapped around a metal cylinder and required hand cranking. This served as a step up from the phonograph because it could record straight from telephone calls.
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Tape recorder
Reel to reel tape recording was established around 1960 and used magnetic recording abilities to create a compact and fairly efficient recording device. the tape or reel is thin plastic and is a storage for the sound. -
compact cassette
compact cassettes were sold either blank (to record) or pre-recorded (for listening) and were used to put into players and were made to fit 8 track players and were fairly common in use along with compact disks until the early 2000's. -
8 Tracks
8 tracks used technology which allowed for more recording and producing freedom in the studio and more listening enjoyment especially because of the compactness and ability to have an 8 track in your car. 8 tracks are often mocked because of their ,today, obsolete technology. -
The compact disk "CD"
surfacing in 1983, the compact disk or "cd" uses the idea of a thin ring (like a record) but works by using a laser in the player to read the information and play it through a speaker. CD's were popular in portable players, players in cars and homes, but have generally been replaced in all aspects by newer more efficient technology. -
MP3
patented in 1996 MP3 players and files are named after the MP3 files they are stored on and they manage and store files of audio recording into very small documents in a computer system, and make it possible to hold thousands of hours of music in your hand.
