History of Sound

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1877	Recording of Mary's Little Lamb	Thomas Alva Edison, working in his lab, succeeds in recovering Mary's Little Lamb from a strip of tinfoil wrapped around a spinning cylinder. He demonstrates his invention in the offices of Scientific American, and the phonograph is born.
01/01/1878	First Record	The first music is put on record: cornetist Jules Levy plays "Yankee Doodle."
01/01/1881	Microphones	Clement Ader, using carbon microphones and armature headphones, accidentally produces a stereo effect when listeners outside the hall monitor adjacent telephone lines linked to stage mikes at the Paris Opera.
01/01/1887	Flat-Disc Gramophone	Emile Berliner is granted a patent on a flat-disc gramophone, making the production of multiple copies practical.
01/01/1888	Electric motor-driven phonograph	Edison introduces an electric motor-driven phonograph.
01/01/1895	Radio Transmission	Marconi achieves wireless radio transmission from Italy to America.
01/01/1898	Telegraphone	Valdemar Poulsen patents his "Telegraphone," recording magnetically on steel wire.
01/01/1900	Boston's Symphony Hall	Boston's Symphony Hall opens with the benefit of Wallace Clement Sabine's acoustical advice.
01/01/1901	The Victor Talking Machine Company	The Victor Talking Machine Company is founded by Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson.
01/01/1901	Experimental optical recordings	Experimental optical recordings are made on motion picture film.
01/01/1906	The first electronic signal amplifier.	Lee DeForest invents the triode vacuum tube, the first electronic signal amplifier.
01/01/1912	Regenerative circuit	Major Edwin F. Armstrong is issued a patent for a regenerative circuit, making radio reception practical.
01/01/1916	Recording	Edison does live-versus-recorded demonstrations in Carnegie Hall, NYC.
01/01/1919	RCA	The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is founded.
01/01/1938	Loud Speaker	Benjamin B. Bauer of Shure Bros. engineers a single microphone element to produce a cardioid pickup pattern, called the Unidyne, Model 55. This later becomes the basis for the well known SM57 and SM58 microphones. Under the direction of Dr. Harry Olson, Leslie J. Anderson designs the 44B ribbon bidirectional microphone and the 77B ribbon unidirectional for RCA. RCA develops the first column loudspeaker array.
01/01/1941	FM	Commercial FM broadcasting begins in the U.S.
01/01/1948	Audio Engineering Society	The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is formed in New York City. The microgroove 33-1/3 rpm long-play vinyl record (LP) is introduced by Columbia Records. Scotch types 111 and 112 acetate-base tapes are introduced. Magnecord introduces its PT-6, the first tape recorder in portable cases.
01/01/1982	CD Player	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. Sony releases the first CD player, the Model CDP-101.
01/01/1994	Multitrack console	Yamaha unveils the ProMix 01, the first "affordable" digital multitrack console.
01/01/1999	DVD	Audio DVD Standard 1.0 agreed upon by manufacturers.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1871 to 11/04/2011	History