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Recording sound

By Mikelarakis

  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison was born in 1847 and he died in 1931. He was from USA. He invented the phonograph, because he needed to transcribe messages from the telegraph to a piece of paper tape.

  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    The Phonograph was invented in 1877 in America. It was invented by Thomas Edison. The Phonograph was the first machine to record sound and play it back.

  • Gramophone

    Gramophone
    Gramophone was invented in 1888. It was invented by Emilie Berlin. The mechanism was very simillar to Edison´s phonograph except that the sounds were stored on a flat disc rather than on a cylindric drum.

  • Tape recorder

    Tape recorder
    The tape recorder was invented in 1920s. A tape recorder records sound in the form of a magnetic pattern on a long piece of tape.

  • The casette tapes

    The casette tapes
    The casette tapes were invented in 1960s. Smaller tape recorders meant smaller tapes were made.

  • Walkmans

    Walkmans
    Walkmans were invented in 1979 in Japan. They were invented by engineers at the Sony Corporation. Walkmans couldn´t record sound but they were an instant sucess.

  • The compact disc

    The compact disc
    The compact disc was invented in 1980s. It was invented by the electronics companion Phillips and Sony. Its sound is recorded digitally as a series of numbers.

  • The mobile phone

    The mobile phone
    The mobile phone has been invented nowadays. Nowadays people listen to music on their computers or dowload music from the internet on to their mobile phones.