AUDIO TIMELINEGaaaamble!

1877: Thomas Alva Edison recovered Mary's Little Lamb from tinfoil wrapped around a spinning cylinder. 1878: The first music is put on record.

1881: Clement Ader, invented in electrical-communications included a microphone and a public-address device.

1887: A flat-disc gramophone made the production of multiple copies practical.

1888: Edison introduces an electric motor-driven phonograph.1895: Wireless telegraphy system leads to the first

transatlantic signals.1898: Valdemar Poulsen patents his "Telegraphone," recording

magnetically on steel wire.1901: The Victor Talking Machine Company is founded.

1901: Experimental optical recordings are made on motion picture film.

1963: Philips introduces the Compact Cassette tape format.

1963: Sunn Electronics build the first large full-range sound system for music concert tour.

1965: The Dolby Type A noise reduction system is introduced.1965: Eltro (Germany) makes a pitch/tempo shifter.

1967:The first operational amplifiers are used in professional audio equipment.

1991:Apple debuts the "QuickTime" multimedia format. 1995: The first "solid-state" audio recorder is introduced.1995: Iomega debuts high-capacity "Jaz" and "Zip" drives.1996: Record labels begin to add multimedia files to new

releases, calling them "enhanced CDs." 1997: DVD videodiscs and players are introduced.

1998: MP-3 players for downloaded Internet audio appear.

Source

http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/audio.history.

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