Audio Timeline

By: Elizabeth Sanders

1877

• In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison successfully recovered Mary’s had a Little Lamb. He recovered this song using only a strip of tin foil, wrapped around a spinning cylinder.

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1878

• In 1878, the first song put on a record, Jules Levy plays the song “Yankee Doodle.”

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1895

• In 1895, the Marconi invents the first radio communication from Italy to America.

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1906

• In 1906, Lee DeForest invented the first vacuum tube, which was the first electronic signal amplifier.

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1913

• In 1913, the first talking movie is demonstrated by Edison.

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1919

• In 1919, the first radio station is founded, and was partly owned by United Fruit.

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1921

• In 1921, the first AM radio broadcast is made by KDKA, and it was broadcasted in Pittsburgh, PA.

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1926

• In 1926, O’Neill iron oxide covered, tape made out of paper.

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1927

• In 1927, “The Jazz Singer,” was released, claiming the title as the first commercial talking picture. They used Vitaphone sound on disks, synchronized with film.

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1941

• In 1941, the commercial FM broadcasting begins in the United States.

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1946

• In 1946, the company Webster-Chicago manufactured wire recorders.

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1963

• In 1963, a man with the last name Philips introduced the Compact Cassette tape format, and he offered licenses to do so worldwide!

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1975

• In 1975, digital recording starts to take place in professional studios.

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1983

• In 1983, fiber optic cable was used for long distance audio-transmission. This linked New York and Washington DC.

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1984

• In 1984, the Apple company sends the Macintosh computer out in the markets.

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1994

• In 1994, the TV brand Yamaha introduced the ProMix1, which was the first affordable digital multi-track console!

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1995

• In 1995, the mp3 player was invented.

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1995

• In 1995, the first solid-state audio recorder is introduced to the world. It is called Nagra ARES-C.

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1997

• In 1997, DVD videos and DVD players were invented.

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1998

• In 1998, MP3 players, for internet sound and audio are unveiled!

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2004

• In 2004, the DualDisc was invented. A DualDisc is a CD on one side, and a movie on the other side.

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