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Acoustic String Telephone
sounds transduced by an extended wire, invented by Robert Hooke (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Tr%C3%A5dtelefon-illustration.png) -
Speaking Telegraph
conceptualized by Innocenzo Manzetti. (image: http://cdn.timerime.com/cdn-4/upload/resized/11674/137531/resized_image2_656a05bd5048f3176e5127500450b123.jpg) -
Electromagnetic transmitter and receiver
Can be called Telephone, invented by Antonio Meucci (image by http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/38000/Antonio-Meucci-Alexander-Graham-Bell-38146.jpg) -
Phonautograph
First device to record, but not play back sound, invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. (image: http://nesssoftware.com/home/asn/homepage/teaching/exp-lectureNotes/110127-phonautograph/images/scott_phonautograph_diagram.png) -
"The horse does not eat cucumber salad" - Reis Telephone
Johann Philipp Reis manages to transfer voice electrically over a distance of 340 feet (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Johann_Philipp_Reis_telephone.jpg) -
Tin foil - Wax cylinder Phonograph
Invented by Thomas Edison (Date is of first showing. Invention date is not known). Firstly was produced in tin foil, which had no durability, then swapped by way cylinder (image: http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/assets/img/data/3432/bild.jpg) -
First Record
First record to be made, also by Edison. The record consisted on "Yankee Doodle" performed by Jules Levy (image: http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1009854!/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpeg) -
Boudet Microphone/Stereo Sound
Stereo effect accidentally created by Clement Ader monitoring telephone linked to microphones at the Paris Opera. (image: http://www.machine-history.com/sites/default/files/images/Microphone.preview.jpg) -
1881
First ancestor of Headphones, which were used by telephone opperators. The inventor is uncluear, but is called Gilliland harness. -
Cylinder Gramophone
Invention by Emile Berliner, the first disk player on retail (image: http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/recording.technology.history/images4/12040507va.jpg) -
Electric motor-driven phonograph
Introduced by Edison (image: http://0.tqn.com/d/inventors/1/0/5/I/edisonposter1.jpg) -
Kinetophone and sound sync to picture
Audio cylinder, motor-sync to a film projector placed inside a box with headphones, called the first "talking movie" (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Kinetophonebis1.jpg) -
Electrophone
First comercialized headphones (image: http://coolmaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/history-of-headphones-1895.jpg) -
Production Sound
Dickson Experimental Sound Film was the first film with live recording on set, and was also the first motion picture made for the Kinetophone. (image: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gA9wdykMpbI/T8J7qf1xQGI/AAAAAAAAAs4/_0Dp84luEeE/s1600/Dickson+Experimental+Sound+Film.jpg) -
Magnetic Recording and Telegraphone
Valdemar Poulsen invented the Telegraphone, which was capable of recordng audio on a magnetic tape/steel wire (image: http://www.digicamhistory.com/Pouil%20tele%2014KB.jpg) -
The Victor Talking Machine Company
Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson founded the company (image: http://www.victor-victrola.com/VictorLOGO.jpg) -
Triode vacuum tube
Invention by Lee DeFores, the first electronic signal amplifier. (image: http://www.schubincafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/deForest11.jpg) -
Condenser Microphone
The condenser microphone was introducedby Bell Telephone. (image: http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/recording.technology.history/images2/89145c.jpg) -
RCA
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Radio Broadcasting Started in the U.S.
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Phonofilm
Lee De Forest, introduced the sound-on-film-process, recording electrical waveforms into parallel lines directly on the film strip, which were converted to waveforms when the movie were projected. (image: http://www.lessignets.com/signetsdiane/calendrier/images/mars/12/Phonofilm1927.jpg) -
Electrical Recording
New mechanics on how to record and playback sound was introduced (image: http://www.stokowski.org/images/westrex_cutting_electrical_.jpg) -
Vitaphone and Don Juan
Don juan was the first feature film to include sync Vitaphone sound into the film. The film had no dialogue, but had a soundtrack and sound effects (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/VitaphoneDemo.jpg) -
The Jazz Singer
The first feature film to introduce sync dialog sequenced. It completelly changed the film industry, vanishing silent films as a standard. (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/JazzSingerpremiere.jpg) -
Academy Award for Sound introduced
"The Big House" won best Sound Mixing and sound editing awards. (image: http://chaosmatisch.de/wp-content/uploads/Oscars/Poster/en/1930-2.jpg) -
Stereo Recording
The first experimentations of stereo recording using 2 distinct microphones printing sound on separate grooves with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Philadelphia_Orchestra_at_American_premiere_of_Mahler's_8th_Symphony_(1916).jpg) -
King Kong
First feature film which contained sound manipulation (image: http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090401124510/kingkong/en/images/4/46/King_Kong_1933.jpg) -
FM Radio
FM Radio was introduced by Edwin Howard Armstrong. (image: http://www.barracudamagazine.com/gifs/armstrong-radio.jpg) -
Surround Sound
Surround Sound was introduced by Modern Mechanix. It was also called 3D sound (image: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/ScienceAndMechanics/4-1934/solid_music/solid_music_0.jpg) -
Magnetophon
The first tape recorder developed by engineers of the German electronics company AEG (Image: http://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/images/R2R/Magnetophon2.jpg) -
Directional Microphones - Unidyne (Shure 55)
Directional cardioid microphone developed by Benjamin B. Bauer of Shure Bros (image: http://www.radioblvd.com/hampix/shure55.jpg) -
Loud Speaker
RCA develops the first column loudspeaker. (image: http://www.otrr.org/4img/data/media/245/Its_Here_At_Davega_1938_RCA_Victor_Electric_Tuning.jpg) -
Eight track sterophonic sound (Fantasound)
developed by William E. Garity and sound mixer John N.A. Hawkins for the Walt Disney studio for the film Fantasia. Is considered of one of the first impressions of what we know today as surround sound. (image: http://cdn2.dolimg.com/en-US/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ins_wwow_animation_fantasoundsoundtrack.jpg) -
NTSC
National Television System Committee was created (image: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e8X9XUqk5Qs/TdTuuoBIvLI/AAAAAAAAJDM/gRrWY6FZU5w/s1600/NTSC.gif) -
Portable tape recorder
Introduced by Magnecord, called PT-6 (image: http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/recording.technology.history/images3/PDRM1999Dc.jpg) -
Audio Engineering Society (AES) and LP
Columbia Records introduces the microgroove 33-1/3 rpm long-play vinyl record (LP) (image: http://gogd.tjs-labs.com/pictures/lp-life-10-11-1948-2-a-M0.jpg) -
compact audio tape player (Cassete)
Cassete was introduced. (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Tdkc60cassette.jpg) -
NTSC Color
Means that the sound track had to be slowed down by 0.1%. New speed was 59.94fps or 29.976fps for TV broadcast -
Electromechanical Reverb
electromechanical reverberation plate introduced by EMT (image: http://www.audiomasterclass.com/i2/emt-plate-reverb.jpg) -
Forbidden Planet
First all electronic film score (image: http://thatdutchfilmlover.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/poster-forbidden-planet_03.jpg) -
NAGRA III
Stefan Kudelski introduces the Nagra III battery-operated transistorized field tape recorder, which with its "Neo-Pilot" sync system becomes the de facto standard of the film industry (image: http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/nagra-iii-232407.jpg) -
Mixing console
Neve Electronics creates the first modern mixing console with the design of Rupert Neve (image: http://rupertneve.com/wp-content/i/5088-final400px.jpg) -
Dolby Labs
Dolby Laboratories, company specializing in audio noise reduction and audio encoding/compression is created. (RIP Ray Dolby) (image:http://www.dolby.com/uploadedImages/Assets/Global/Images/About/04_RD_Lab_1.jpg) -
Electronic Music Recording
Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic music recording, is released (image: http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/10/30/mortonsubotnick_2_slide-bb85fad2330f3487b8da7992ac279543b6f187c0-s6.jpg) -
Sense surround
Sense surround sound introduced in the movie EARTHQUAKE (image: http://s2.hubimg.com/u/6174745_f248.jpg) -
First digital reverberation
EMT produces the first digital reverberation unit as its Model 250. (image: EMT produces the first digital reverberation unit as its Model 250.) -
Soundfield microphone
Michael Gerzon conceives of and Calrec (England) builds the "Soundfield Microphone," a coincident 4-capsule cluster with matrixed "B-format" outputs and decoded steerable 2- and 4-channel discrete outputs. (image: http://www.soundfield.com/soundfield/images/mic_array.jpg) -
Dolby Pro Logic
"Dolby Pro Logic is a surround sound processing technology designed to decode soundtracks encoded with Dolby Surround. Dolby Surround Stereo was originally developed by Dolby Laboratories in 1976 for analog cinema sound systems" (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Dolby-Surround-Pro-Logic.svg/120px-Dolby-Surround-Pro-Logic.svg.png) -
First 16 bit digital recording
Dr. Stockham of Soundstream makes the first 16-bit digital recording in the U.S. at the Santa Fe Opera. (image: http://www.schubincafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Stockham.jpg) -
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Discovision (Laser Disc)
First commercial optical disc storage medium (image: http://www5.pcmag.com/media/images/283706-laserdiscs-1978.jpg) -
Digital Revoulution
Sony introduces the PCM-F1, intended for the consumer market, the first 14- and 16-bit digital adaptor for VCRs. It is eagerly snapped up by professionals, sparking the digital revolution in recording equipment.
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THX
"THX is a trade name of a high-fidelity sound reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. THX stands for Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment. THX was developed by Tomlinson Holman at George Lucas's company Lucasfilm in 1983 to ensure that the soundtrack for the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, would be accurately reproduced" (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/THX_logo.svg/20 -
DAT
Digital Audio Tape (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Dat_cartridge.jpg) -
Digidesign Soundtools
Digidesign launches the first digital audio workstation system, Sound Tools, for the Apple Macintosh. The company refers to it as "the first tapeless recording studio" (image: http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/storage/1989-digidesign-sound-tools-530-85.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1306253559056) -
Digidesign Pro Tools
Digidesign releases the first Pro Tools multitrack system, marking a significant advance in digital audio. This integrated software and hardware system (digital audio workstation) is among the most popular for audio production for television, music, and film. (image: Digidesign releases the first Pro Tools multitrack system, marking a significant advance in digital audio. This integrated software and hardware system (digital audio workstation) is among the most popular for audio production for -
First distance recording
In the first extensive use of "distance recording" via ISDN, producer Phil Ramone records the "Duets" album with Frank Sinatra. (image: http://www.citi.columbia.edu/books/japan_isdn.jpg) -
Prosumer Multitrack console
Yamaha unveils the ProMix 01, the first "affordable" digital multitrack console. (image: http://www.xtimeline.com/__UserPic_Large/73393/evt100916074400039.gif) -
Dvd
The DVD specification finalized for the DVD movie player and DVD-ROM computer applications. (image: http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2004/10/24_ef0b54e18ad6cfa6658849590728c53c.jpg) -
R-DAT
R-DAT recorders are introduced in Japan. (image: http://orders.mediadistributors.com/Library/images/Products/Rdat.jpg) -
DVD
Audio DVD Standard 1.0 agreed upon by manufacturers. (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Sony_DVD%2BRW.jpg) -
Blu-Ray
First distributed Blu-Ray system (image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Blu-ray_disc_%28BD-RE%29.JPG) -
Dolby Surround 7.1
7.1 surround sound standard was introduced (image: http://www.brownbagfilms.com/images/blog/legacy-files/2010/07/Dolby-Surround-EX-copy.jpg) -
Dolby Atmos
The first generation cinema hardware, the "Dolby Atmos Cinema Processor" supports up to 128 discrete audio tracks and up to 64 unique speaker feeds. (image: http://www.dolby.com/uploadedImages/Assets/Global/Images/Cinema/Dolby_Theater_Clean.jpg)
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