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Phonautograph
The first device that could record actual sounds as they passed through the air (but could not play them back), by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. -
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Acoustic era
The earliest practical recording technologies were entirely mechanical devices. -
Phonograph cylinder
It was the first practical sound recording and reproduction device, by Thomas Edison -
Gramophone disc
Is an analog sound storage. Were easier to manufacture, transport and store, and they could be louder than cylinders by Emilie Berliner. -
Phonofilm
It employed optical recording technology, in which the audio signal was graphically recorded on photographic film.Developed by inventors Lee de Forest and Theodore Case -
Magnetic tape
Is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. -
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Magnetic era
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Compact casete
Is a sound recording and video tape format that was widely used. -
Compact disc
It have digital information that is descodificate and is transformed to analog sound . is smaller han gramaphone disc. -
Ribbon Microphone
Was used to convert the sound into an electrical signal that was amplified and used to actuate the recording stylus, it eliminated te "horn sound" -
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Electrical era
The 'second wave' of sound recording in history was ushered in by the introduction of Western Electric's integrated system of electrical microphones, electronic signal amplifiers and electromechanical recorders
