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First Microphone
Created by Sir Charles Wheatstone -
First Sound Recordings
Created by Edourd Lean Scott de Martinville -
The "Paleophone"
Created by Charles Cros -
The First Actual Microphone
Created by Emile Berliner -
The Use of Mic
Bell´s telephone uses Berliner´s mic -
The Theatrophe
Created by Clement Ader -
The First Jukebox
Created by Louis Glass and William Arnold -
The Gramophone Disc
Created by Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson -
Play Speed 78RPM
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Magnetic Recording
Created by Valdemar Poulsen
Poulsen has prototype magnetic wire, tape, and disc recorders. -
The Cone Speaker
Created by Sir Oliver Lodge -
Three Major Records Companies
Sell about 4 million records a year. -
The First Voice and Music Broadcast
Created by Reginald Fessenden -
The Victrola
Created by Victor Talking Machine Company -
The First Licensed Radio Station
KDKA, Pittsburgh -
The First Radio Commercial
WEAF, New York City -
The First Electrical Recordings
Western Electric -
The First Sound for Movies
Western Electric -
Film Speed becomes 24fps
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The First Commercial Tape Recorder
Created by Fritz Pfleumer -
Optical Soundtrack on Film
RCA -
The First Commercial Jingle
By Wheaties -
Firts Car Radio
By Bill Lear, Howard Gates, Paul Galvin
They called "The Motorola" -
Binaural Sound
Created by Alan Blumlein -
Discs Used to Make Records
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The Firts FM Radio Station
W2XMN, Alpine and New Jersey -
The First Film with Stereo Sound
Disney Fantasia -
The Firts Television Broadcast
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V-Discs
Provide music for soldiers on shellac records -
V-Discs are Released on Vinyl
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The First American Tape Recorder
By Jack Mullin -
33 1/3 Long Playing Discs
By Columbia Records -
45 RPM Discs
RCA Records -
Sound-on-Sound overdubbing
By Les Paul -
Top 40 Radio
By Todd Storz, KOWH, Omaha, Nebraska -
Multi-Track tape recorders
By Ampex, Philips and others -
The Nagra I Recorder for Movies
By Steffan Kudelski -
First Film in surround Sound
"This is the Cinerama" -
Stereo Records
By Emory Cook -
The First Overdubbing Multi-track
By Les Paul and Ross Snyder -
The First Console with Linear Faders
By Tom Dowd -
Compact Cassette
Created by Philips -
Noice Reduction
Dolby Labs -
Hertz Replaces Cycler per Second
General Conference of Weights and Measures -
The 8-Track Cartridge
By Bill Lear and Ford Motor Company -
The First Digital Recorded LP
By Nippon Columbia -
The First Digital Audio Workstation
By Thomas Stockham Jr -
The First Records in the Space
By Voyager I & II -
The First Dolby Pro Logic Sountrack
By Star Wars: "A new hope" -
The First Affordable Sampler
By EMU -
The CD
By Sony and Phillips -
MIDI 1.0
By Dave Smith -
The DAT
By Sony and Philips -
The MP3
By Karlheinz Brandenburg -
The ADAT
By Alesis -
Pro Tools
By Digidesign -
The First Film in Dolby Digital 5.1
By Batman Returns -
The Autotune
By Antares -
Itunes and Ipods
By Apple -
The PONO Player
By Neil Young and John Hamm