Music Technology

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  • Clement Ader

    Clement Ader
    Clement accidentally tripped upon stereo listening when he was demonstrating the use of his telephone lines. https://amysmusicinsociety.weebly.com/historical-background-and-development-of-music-technology.html

  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    Thomas Edison, even though deaf, created the first machine that could capture sound and play it back https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-phonograph.htm

  • Radio Signals

    Radio Signals
    Marconi successfully sent radio signals from Cornwall in the U.K to St. Johns in Newfoundland. this was the first transatlantic passing of electric signals. https://amysmusicinsociety.weebly.com/historical-background-and-development-of-music-technology.html

  • Ribbon Microphone

    Ribbon Microphone
    They are the most natural mics that you can use to capture the sound of an instrument, a voice, and even the ambiance of a room. https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/ribbon-microphones-how-do-they-work/
    https://www.aearibbonmics.com/what-is-a-ribbon-microphone/

  • Blattnerphone

    Blattnerphone
    Invented in 1930 by Louis Blattner. It was the newest recording device which used 6mm steel tape to record very basic audio signals.

  • Edwin Armstrong

    Edwin Armstrong broadcasted the first FM radio signals after years of perfecting it.

  • EMT

    EMT
    EMT invented the reverberation plate. This was a large metal plate which vibrated when sound passed into through a transducer.

  • Digital Delay Line

    Invented in Lexicon this device was originally used for heartbeat monitoring, but after sending audio through the system, they discovered a 100-millisecond audio delay.

  • Cassette

    Sony ,Mitsubishi, and Studer all release multi-track digital recorders.

  • CD Player

    Sony released the first CD player. The CD's were clearer and brighter then the analogue player

  • Macintosh computer

    Apple released the first Macintosh computer, which began selling at $2,500. It was used for very basic audio editing and playing. Due to it's complexity of the it at the time, it's main duty text-based.

  • Digital Consoles

    The first digital console appeared.Which included the Yamaha DMP7, which was built in EQ, motorized faders and parameter which you could control by MIDI.

  • Digital Singers

    If your favorite singer died well you might be lucky and get your singer to become a 3D hologram. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42359324

  • Recording Studio

    The recording studio will be in your laptop instead of an actual studio.

  • Direct Line

    You could have a direct line between you and your favorite act.