History of Audio Recording
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That is a wide range from the mid 1800’s in France with de Martinville, then Edison all the way to the nineties and MP3.
Is your interest Analogue or Digital or both.
For digital, research the development of the MPEG groups (formed after the Betamax, VHS, laserdisc debacle) to set standards which in turn led to the MP3, Wav, AIFF, FLAC etc audio formats.
For analogue, read up on the Swiss Company Revox, they started in 1951 and their reel to reel tape recorders set the standard and are still lusted after today by audiofiles.
Is your interest Analogue or Digital or both.
For digital, research the development of the MPEG groups (formed after the Betamax, VHS, laserdisc debacle) to set standards which in turn led to the MP3, Wav, AIFF, FLAC etc audio formats.
For analogue, read up on the Swiss Company Revox, they started in 1951 and their reel to reel tape recorders set the standard and are still lusted after today by audiofiles.
happyrat1
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happyrat1
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I assumed this thread was destined to become a proper tutorial on the subject, with people adding anecdotal brain farts and discoveries along the way.
Ancient archaeological digs have unearthed pottery dating back long before christianity with inscribed grooves which have proven (with the aid of laser imaging) to be crude phonographic recordings from thousands of years ago.
If you wan t the complete history of audio recording that's where we start. Next phase was written recording of musical script which existed as well in ancient Egyptian times and pre-Columbian South America.
Modern musical script evolved among Gregorian monks from the dark ages to the present.
Or would you rather stick with electronic recordings dating back to the late 19th century?
Or do you want to discuss modern recording methods, mixers, DAWs, FX, synthesizers and modern sound engineering?
Be careful what you ask for and how you phrase it.
Ask the Djinn to irrigate a desert and he may empty an ocean in the process.
Ancient archaeological digs have unearthed pottery dating back long before christianity with inscribed grooves which have proven (with the aid of laser imaging) to be crude phonographic recordings from thousands of years ago.
If you wan t the complete history of audio recording that's where we start. Next phase was written recording of musical script which existed as well in ancient Egyptian times and pre-Columbian South America.
Modern musical script evolved among Gregorian monks from the dark ages to the present.
Or would you rather stick with electronic recordings dating back to the late 19th century?
Or do you want to discuss modern recording methods, mixers, DAWs, FX, synthesizers and modern sound engineering?
Be careful what you ask for and how you phrase it.
Ask the Djinn to irrigate a desert and he may empty an ocean in the process.
happyrat1
Destroyer of Eardrums!!!
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happyrat1
Destroyer of Eardrums!!!
With that tone, better I not ask to irrigate the Sahara.Just google it. We can't read your bloody mind...