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Audio Timeline
By: Cade Thompson
1877
• Thomas Edison's phonograph was invented in 1877.
1878
• The first music is put on record: cornetist Jules Levy plays "Yankee Doodle.
1888
• In 1888, Emile Berliner filed and patented a talking machine which also recorded and played back sound. (The gramophone)
1898
• Valdemar Poulsen patents his "Telegraphone," recording magnetically on steel wire.
1901
• The Victor Talking Machine Company is founded by Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson.
1906
• Lee DeForest invents the triode vacuum tube, the first electronic signal amplifier.
1912
• Major Edwin F. Armstrong is issued a patent for a regenerative circuit, making radio reception practical.
1913
• The first "talking movie" is demonstrated by Edison using his Kinetophone process, a cylinder player mechanically synchronized to a film projector.
1929
• The "Blattnerphone" is developed for use as a magnetic recorder using steel tape.
1930• Before the development of oxide based
magnetic tape, the stainless steel piano wire recorder was the dominant audio recording format of choice.
1932
• The first cardioid ribbon microphone is patented by Dr. Harry F. Olson of RCA, using a field coil instead of a permanent magnet..
1936
• The Tefifon used an endless vinyl belt housed in a cassette that recorded the tracks.
1940
• Walt Disney's "Fantasia" is released, with eight-track stereophonic sound.
1945
• The Audograph used technology, in that the modulated grooves were embossed onto soft vinyl.
1945
• The soundscriber used flexible vinyl records were "cut" using a stylus cutting head and playback was made on a dedicated player.
1947
• Dictabelts are flexible belts of vinyl .005" thick by 3 1/2 inches wide with a circumference of 12 inches, which allowed up to approximately 15 minutes of recording time per belt. This machine works just like the soundscriber.
1957
• The Sonaband Walkie RecordAll used the same technology as that of the Dictabelt. It embossed the audio information onto a soft vinyl belt with a stylus, instead of cutting grooves into harder materials.
1957
• The portable dictet dictation recorder by the Dictaphone Corporation, was the very first dictation machine to use magnetic tape cassettes. (dictaphone dictet)
1958
• In 1958 RCA developed an audio cartridge system known simply as the sound tape cartridge.
1959
• Introduced in 1959 by Collins Radio, the cart tape format was designed for use by radio broadcasters to play commercials, bumpers, and announcements.
1960
• In 1960, the magnabelt was invented. It was another type of dictation machine.
1962
• Ironically, the compact cassette is still in wide use today and was never intended for such wide use.
1964
• The Sanyo Pack 35 was an early format portable dictation player/recorder for busy executives in the 1960’s.
1977
• The Elcaset format was introduced by Sony in 1977. Though marketed as a consumer format, it was intended as a platform to offer open reel to reel quality with the convenience of a compact cassette.
1978
• The Sony PCM-F10, though not the first digital stereo recorder, was the first to make it truly affordable.
1981
• Sony released the second generation called the PCM-F1 which reduced the processor size substantially.
1982
• The audio CD in the form we know it today, was released in the UK in September, 1982.
1987
• Introduced in 1987 for the professional studio market, digital audio tapes quickly claimed the high ground in professional recording industry circles.
1991
• Released in 1991, the first ADAT machine took the recording industry by storm.
1989
• The mp3 player was invented.
2000
• The versacorder was invented in 2000 and was used for talk shows.
2001
• The advanced audio coding is a newer codec algorithm made in 2001.
2001
• The first ipod was released on November 10, 2001.
Cites• http://videointerchange.com/audio_history\• http://
www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/audio.history.timeline.html