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The First recording
The phonautograph recording of Au Clair de la Lune that de Martinville made on April 9, 1860 and it is the earliest recognisable record of the human voice and the earliest recognisable record of music. https://www.emiarchivetrust.org/about/history-of-recording/ -
First Recording superstar
First recorded by the Gramophone Company, Caruso went on to make over one million pounds in royalties as a result of his contacts with the Gramophone Company.
This is where a Sound Engineering Technician would have started to get payed for the recordings.
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First jazz recordings are made
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band made the music’s first recordings early in 1917, and their “Livery Stable Blues” became the earliest released jazz record.
There had to have been someone there doing the audio task of an engineer even if it wasn't as technical and advanced as it is today.
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First electrical recordings are made by scientists at the Bell Laboratories in the United States.
electrical recordings changed the way everything would be recorded they may have started off giving a weaker audio file but they made it to where mics would be useful
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electrical recording allows labels to start using microphones in studio sessions.
a microphone in the studio allowed for people to get less background noise on to track
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condenser microphones
this microphone is used to increase the sound to where when someone sings it sounds louder
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Alan Blumlein develops binaural sound
Alan developed the stereo system not based off of a speaker a ear but based off the way you hear things so he made it multiple speakers based on direction of placement so you hear a sound where its coming from not just case there are two speakers
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Multi track recording developed.
a multi track is where there are multiple sounds being recorded and put all into the same song as one track could be the beat then the vocals on another
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Walt Disney's "Fantasia" is released, with eight-track stereophonic sound.
now movies are starting to use the same things used for music causing more needs for sound engineering
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Magnecord introduces its PT-6, the first tape recorder in portable cases.
This is the first portable tape recorder
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3M introduces the first 2-track closed-loop capstan-drive recorder, the M-23.
this added better improvement to home audio
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The Dolby Type A noise reduction system is introduced.
this had allowed for a more clear and better production of the song
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3M, Mitsubishi, Sony and Studer each introduces a multitrack digital recorder.
this is where some of the more popular brands now started
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Dolby proposes a 5-channel surround-sound scheme for home theater systems.
this here some of the surround sounds in houses got the idea they wanted to make the movie feel more engaging
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how sounds has helped with major events
The Winter Olympics open with a performance of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," played and sung by synchronizing live audio feeds from five continents with an orchestra and conductor at the Olympic stadium in Nagano, Japan, using satellite and ISDN technology.
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Tower records
Retail giant Tower Records files for bankruptcy and liquidation, bringing a significant, seemingly long-term change to the marketing of sound recordings. -
High res CD
Universal Music Japan released the Hi-Res CD in 2018, combining two different formats on one single-layer disc. The first is MQA (Mastering Quality Authenticated) and requires MQA compatible hardware or software to play. The second is UHQCD, a high-quality Compact Disc format that is compatible with all Compact Disc players and is already available as a separate format.
https://obsoletemedia.org/hi-res-cd/
