Folk music

Music Tech History

  • first ever electric synthesizer

    elisha gray
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    History Of Music Tech Timeline

  • development of sonic art

    arseny avraamov
  • hammond novachord synth

    unsuccessful
  • Les Paul begins developing multi track recording.

    2-4 track recorders with all balancing done at recording stage
  • RCA elctronic music synthesizer

    composition machine- sounds not produced in real time
  • RCA mark ii

    first programmable synthesizer
  • USSR make a synth

  • Rickenbacker 12-string

  • Hammond Organ

  • twin track recording

  • Moog- first comercially available synth

    robert moog
  • The Monkees- Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.

    first album to feature a Moog synth
  • The Doors- Strange Days

    Moog synth
  • The Beatles experiment with stereo and multi track recording.

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Delay used to great effect on the backing vocals of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

  • robert moog unveils synth

  • 8 track recorders appear

  • Wendy/ Walter Carlos- Switched-On Bach

    Bach classical scores played on Moog synths
  • 16 track recorders appear

    recording and mixing two different processes
  • further development of the synth

    become portable instruments
  • Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells

    use of overdubbing
  • PUNK

  • first digitally recorded album

    ry cooder- bop til you drop
  • guitar modifying popular

  • Roland 808 drum machine

  • development of digital multi track recorders

    although analog was still used as it was cheaper
  • synths popular amongst general public

    compact, affordable
  • sampling begins

  • beginning of end of old school studios

  • house music

  • Korg M1

  • sampling takes off

  • software synths

  • loudness wars

    britpop
  • VST effect pulg ins

  • VST instrument plug ins

  • apple mac become the favourite for digital studios