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This timeline chronicles the significant developments in audio technology spanning from 1857 to 1980. Starting with Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville's phonautograph, we explore key inventions such as the first microphone by Emile Berliner, Thomas Edison's phonograph recording, and the introduction of stereo sound in films. Notable advancements include the creation of the first commercial AM radio broadcast, the emergence of the compact cassette, and breakthroughs in digital recording. Witness how innovation shaped the audio landscape over more than a century.
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By: Ashlyn Sander Audio Timeline
1857 • In 1857 Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville came up with the phonautograph.
1876 • In 1876 Emile Berliner came up with the first prototype of the microphone, which ended up being used as a voice transmitter in the first telephone.
1877 • In 1877 Thomas Alva Edison succeeds in playing Mary Had a Little Lamb with a strip of tinfoil.
1878 • In 1878 the first song was recorded, Yankee Doodle, by Jules Levy.
1881 • On January 1, 1881 Clement Ader used carbon microphones and headphones accidentally made a stereo effect when people listening to the hall monitor and across from telephone lines linked to the Paris Opera.
1898 • In 1898 Valdemar Poulsen sells his “Telegraphone” recording magnetically on a steel wire.
1901 • In 1901 the Victor Talking Machine Company was founded by Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson.
1906 • In 1906 Lee DeForest invented the triode vacuum tube, the first electronic signal amplifier.
1913 • In 1913 the Edison invented the Amberola V Phonograph.
1920 • On November 2, 1920 the first commercial AM radio broadcast in East Pittsburg, PA.
1927 • In 1927 the movie “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson is released as the first talking movie.
1929 • In 1929 the Blatterphone is invented using audio processing.
1935 • In 1935 BASF makes the first tape for AEG Magnetophon.
1940 • In 1940 the movie “Fantasia” went into theaters, this movie was the first movie to use stereo sounds.
1943 • In 1943 the Altec Coaxial Loudspeaker model 604 was invented.
1949 • In 1949 the 45 rpm, large hole, 7 inch record is invented.
1963 • In 1963 the compact cassette tape is introduced internationally.
1965 • In 1965 the Dolby Type A Noise Reduction is introduced.
1965 • In 1965 James Russell put his idea to work with the CD (compact disk).
1980 • In 1980 the 3M Mitsubishi, Sony, and Studer introduces the multitrack digital recorder.
Credits • http://www3.northern.edu/wild/th100/radio.htm • http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/audio.history.timeline.html • http://www.montanaphonograph.com/gallery/EdAmbTT.html • http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/jazzsinger.html • http://timerime.com/en/event/376322/