Entry Date:
1935
AEG builds Magnetophon
AEG demonstrates the Magnetophon at IFA.
Entry Date:
09
April
1860
Au Clair de la Lune recorded on the Phonautograph
Au Clair de la Lune recorded on the Phonautograph and finally heared in May 2010.
References
Entry Date:
1980
Fairlight CMI
The Fairlight CMI a digital sampling sythesiser is released.
References
- Good Vibrations
Entry Date:
1982
Fairlight CMI Series II
An upgrade Fairlight CMI featuring a sequencer.
References
Entry Date:
1983
Fairlight CMI Series IIx
An upgrade Fairlight II, the Fairlight IIx featured MIDI and SMTP.
References
Entry Date:
March
1983
First CDs in Europe
First CDs arrive in Europe.
References
- An International History of the Recording Industry
Entry Date:
October
1982
First CDs in Japan
First CDs arrive in Japan.
References
- An International History of the Recording Industry
Entry Date:
1983
First CDs in USA
First CDs arrive in the USA.
References
- An International History of the Recording Industry
Entry Date:
1928
Fritz Pfleumer Tape Patent
Fritz Pfleumer gets patent for magnetic tape.
Entry Date:
1927
Fritz Pfleumer Tape Prototype
Fritz Pfleumer puts iron oxide on thin paper with lacquer as glue, magnetic tape.
Entry Date:
21
November
1877
Invention of the Phonograph
Edison's announced the phonograph, the first device capable of recording and playing back audio.
References
Entry Date:
16
1890
Louis Le Prince Disappears.
Louis Le Prince is last seen boarding a train to Paris.
Entry Date:
1981
Mitsubishi X-80
One of the first 2 track digital recorder.
References
Entry Date:
1987
Mitsubishi X-850
A 32 Track digital recorder.
References
Entry Date:
1
December
1931
Pfleumer grants patent use to AEG
AEG gains permission to use Pfleumer patent.
Entry Date:
08
March
1979
Philips CD Demonstration
Philips demonstrates an optical CD.
References
- An International History of the Recording Industry
- Philips Research Site
Entry Date:
30
1963
Philips Compact Cassette Tape Demonstration
Philips demonstrates the Compact Cassette at the Berlin Radio Show.
References
Entry Date:
24
December
1877
Phonograph Patented
Edison's patents the Phonograph .
References
Entry Date:
14
October
1888
Roundhay Garden Scene
Frenchman Louis Le Prince recorded the silent film known as Roundhay Garden Scene including Mrs Sarah Whitley deceased 24 October 1888.
Entry Date:
08
1888
Some Possible Forms of Phonograph
Oberlin Smith publishes an article in The Electrical World theorizing magnetic tape.
Entry Date:
May
1982
Tascam Portastudio 244
The TASCAM Portastudio 244 four track cassette tape recorder including dbx noise reduction.
Entry Date:
1979
Tascam Portastudio TEAC 144
The TASCAM Portastudio TEAC 144 first four track cassette tape recorder.
References
Entry Date:
6
November
1887
The Gramophone
The Gramophone used a side to side movement of the diaphragm for encoding and reading the sound.
References
Entry Date:
25
March
1857
The Phonautograph
A device which created a visual recording of a sound wave in the air but offered no method of playback.
References
Entry Date:
17
1915
The Tone Test Concert
Thomas Edison's Phonograph undertakes its first tone test concert.
References
- Perfecting Sound Forever [Page: 4] by Greg Milner