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Leon Scott
inventor of the phonautograph, his tool used a smoked piece a paper, with smoke leaving a tracing on the paper to record audio onto. -
First Microphone
In 1861 Johann Reis created the first microphone using a string of metallic touching a membrane and this formed a circuit. -
The First Phonograph
1877, The first phonograph was a tin cylinder that had the recording etched in it. By Thomas A. Edison. The phonograph also had a talk into horn that channeled the sound output and also the stylus that played into the etches of the cylinders. -
The updated phonograph used brown/ dark colored wax
1887, American phonograph company used brown/ dark colored wax instead of tin .By Thomas A. Edison -
Oberlin Smith
In 1878 thinks Oberlin Smith thinks it’s possible to record audio onto piano wire. Becomes nothing more than an idea. -
First Gramophone
Each song was about 3 minutes long. In Nov. of 1887 Emile Berliner created a disk often made out of zinc, glass and/or plastic. The arm of the gramophone would play the etches made in these disks. -
Moter-Driven Phonograph
In 1888 Thomas Edison makes an mother driven phonograph. A more modern version. But still used cylinders. -
First Wire Recorder
In 1898, Danish man Valdemar Poulsen Used wire instead of wax. Which became more effective. The wire recorders used a spool of wire, known to be very big a bulky. The audio would surge though the wire. This did not have great quality. -
Audion tube
Lee Deforest works with the Federal Telegraph company. And used his famous Audion tube (1907) to make the first electronic amplifier. His Audion tube had gas in the tube and used an electric grid to strengthen the audio. -
Celluloid cylinder
In 1912 the Celluloid cylinder was created by Edison labs. This more durable cylinder was etched into and a needle played what was etched. -
Invented Magnetic Tape Recording
Fritz Pfeumer in 1928 used a piece of oxide attached to a strip of paper of film to record audio this was the change from using steel. -
First Blattnerphone
The blattnerphone is a magnetic recorder made by Louis Blattner. This used steel tape to record. This machine used two spools of steel tape and had a motor to power it. The very first machine was not used for music. -
Webster-Chicago
In 1946 wire recorders have not only become commercially available but the Webster-Chicago company makes wire recorders for home use. -
Reel to Reel Recording
Reel to reel recording involves two wheels and used magnetic tape to record audio. This form of recording was popular in the 1960's as it was used for all tape recorders, and also data storage. -
3 and 4 Track Tapes
Muntz stereo-pak was invented in 1962 by Eral Muntz, his 4 track tapes was an upgrade fedelipac 3 track tape. The 4 track tape ran on a infinite loop -
8 Track Tapes
The 8 track tape aka the compact cassette was invented by William Lear in 1964 and also the Phillips Company. Just the the 3 and 4 track tapes this too could be played in your car. -
1980's Audi Revolution
This revolution included important inventions like Sony's 1986 digital audio tape and Alesis Corporations's DAT machine which recorder 8 tracks of audio in 1991. -
Compact Discs
A big upgrade from the gramophone the Phillips Company made a 8 cm CD that had a longer playing time (20 min). CD could also record data (CD-R) including video (CDV). -
MP3 Invented
In 1989 a German man named Fraunhofer patented mp3. The mp3 could compress a song that was normally on a cd and played the song back with good quality. -
The First Mp3 Songs
In 1999 Subpop created the first mp3 songs .
