History of Audio Recording

-Edison patents the phonograph.

-Emile Berliner patents the gramophone.

-Amplification: w/ radio came microphone. Amplifiers are significant improvement in fidelity.

-Magnetic recordings developed in Germany using magnetic induction.

-Thermoplastic is created and the LP record is introduced.

-Les Paul creates “Sound on Sound” recording, which develops into Multitrack recording.

-Stereo sound is introduced.

• -Format developments lead to more tracks (4,8,16,24).
• -Casette Tapes- phillips (personal walkman).
• -Noise reduction-Dolby (Multichannel Audio).

-Launch of Compact Disk (CD).-Midi Introduced.

-CD-R/CD-RW recordable disk.-Computer based recording systems.