Daft punk live

Music Producers

By caradebobo

  • The Dolby Type A noise reduction system is introduced.

    The Dolby Type A noise reduction system is introduced.
    Robert Moog shows elements of his early music "synthesizers."
    Eltro (Germany) makes a pitch/tempo shifter, using a rotating head assembly to sample a moving magnetic tape.
    Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass tour with a Harry McCune Custom Sound System.

  • Denon demonstrates 18-bit PCM stereo recording using a helical-scan video recorder.

    Denon demonstrates 18-bit PCM stereo recording using a helical-scan video recorder.
    RMS and VCA circuit modules introduced by David Blackmer of dbx.

  • Digital tape recording begins to take hold in professional audio studios.

    Digital tape recording begins to take hold in professional audio studios.
    Michael Gerzon conceives of and Calrec (England) builds the "Soundfield Microphone," a coincident 4-capsule cluster with matrixed "B-format" outputs and decoded steerable 2- and 4-channel discrete outputs.
    EMT produces the first digital reverberation unit as its Model 250.
    Ampex introduces 456 high-output mastering tape.

  • Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc (CD).

    Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc (CD).
    MIDI is standardized as the universal synthesizer interface.
    IBM introduces a 16-bit personal computer

  • Sony introduces the PCM-F1, intended for the consumer market,

    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.

  • The Philips DCC and Sony's MiniDisc, using digital audio data-reduction, are offered to consumers as record/play hardware and software

    The Philips DCC and Sony's MiniDisc, using digital audio data-reduction, are offered to consumers as record/play hardware and software
    .The Nagra D is introduced as a self-contained battery-operated field recorder using Nagra's own 4-channel 24-bit open-reel format.

  • In the first extensive use of "distance recording" via ISDN

    In the first extensive use of "distance recording" via ISDN
    producer Phil Ramone records the "Duets" album with Frank Sinatra.
    Mackie unveils the first "affordable" 8-bus analog console.

  • Yamaha unveils the ProMix 01,

    Yamaha unveils the ProMix 01,
    the first "affordable" digital multitrack console.

  • The first "solid-state" audio recorder, the Nagra ARES-C

    The first "solid-state" audio recorder, the Nagra ARES-C
    , is introduced. It is a battery-operated field unit recording on PCMCIA cards using MPEG-2 audio compression.
    Iomega debuts high-capacity "Jaz" and "Zip" drives, useful as removable storage media for hard-disk recording.