The History of Musical Inventions

By dacosta19

  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
    Invented by Thomas Edison. Only required paper strips, needle, a telephone diagram, and voices to sing "Mary had a little lamb".

  • Headphones

    Headphones
    Electrician Nathaniel Baldwin, used copper wiring and an operators headband. The Navy ordered hundreds since they expected a world war.

  • Victor Orthophonic Victrola Phonograph

    Victor Orthophonic Victrola Phonograph
    Cabinet- style luxury item with a superior acoustic sound design.

  • LP

    LP
    RCA- Victor created the first 33 1/3 vinyl long- players.

  • The Vocoder

    The Vocoder
    Helped to manipulate and mess with a singer's pitch.

  • Compact Cassette Tape

    Compact Cassette Tape
    Revealed by the brand PHILLIPS.

  • Compact Disc

    Compact Disc
    Sonny and Phillips came out with a 12 cm audio disc.

  • The MP3

    The MP3
    German audio engineer Karlheinz Bradenburg helped to create a type of musical technology that included digital phone technology.

  • iPod

    iPod
    5GB and touch-sensitive pinwheel.

  • Sound Cloud

    Sound Cloud
    Launched by Alex Ljung and Eric Wahlforss. At first it was only meant for artists in the music industry but by 2009 they had 160,000 users.