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The birth of recorded sound
In 1877, Thomas found a way to record sound by using two needles on cylinders. One needle for recording and the other for playback. This was the birth of recorded music The first words he had recorded were 'Mary had a little lamb'. -
The Creation of the Graphaphone
Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Charles Tainter of the Volta laboratory obtained several patents for a commercial talking machine which was the graphaphone. The graphaphone was based on Thomas 's phonograph. The stylus for the graphaphone was more of a cutting tool and the tinfoil was replaced with more durable wax cylinders. These changes made the machine easier to use and the play back was much clearer. Edison was asked to join the 3, but he did not. -
The Invention of The Gramaphone
Emile Berliner was an early developer and inventor of audio technology including the Gramophone (sound recorder). He was the first inventor to stop recording on cylinders and start recording on flat disks. The first piece that was recorded was "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". He had also invented a method of mass producing copies of an original record (Which in modern terms is burning CD's). Then in 1897 Eldridge Johnson improved the gramophone with a motor designed by Levi Montross. -
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Recorded Music Made Its Debut
The first million seller was produced with 'Japanese Sandman’ coupled with ‘Whispering’ by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, which became a craze that boosted the record industry in that decade. Along with the test it was a success and Victor and Colombia in the US, issued the first electrical recordings. Now that electrical recording was a hit many movie companies used electrical recordings -
World War 2 Recorded Music Use
During the 1940's in WW2, the recorded music and the radio industry was largely used by the soldiers to entertain their boredom. Also the invention was used for telecommunication to communicate with other soldiers. -
Invention of Cassette
The Philips Company of the Netherlands invented and released the first compact audio-cassette using high-quality polyester 1/8-inch tape produced by BASF. (BASF stands for Baden Aniline and Soda Factory and they invented the tape that was used in cassettes.) -
The invention of the Cassette Player
The first tape cassette player available in the U.S. was a portable model made by the Norelco Company, the Carry Corder. -
The Invention of the CD
In 1981 Sony and Philips got credited for creating the CD, but it was invented by James Russell in 1965. The CD wasn't popular until it was manufactured by the Philips company. -
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The Invention of The MP3 Player
The first MP3 player made it's appearance in 1999 and Apple upgraded the MP3 to something we now know as the Ipod Nano. The Ipod Nano had the capcity of 5-10 GB and had the battery life of 10 hours. The creator of apple was Steve Jobs
