1. A Timeline of Sound Recording
Recording and the Psychology of Sound

2. 1877 Edison records human voice

3. 1881 First Lateral Cut Record

4. 1890 First Coin-op Juke Box

5. Two Popular Formats of the Early 1900’s?

6. Two Popular Formats of the Early 1900’s

7. Two Popular Formats of the Early 1900’s
Recorded Audio
Music Data (MIDI)

8. 1908 First Film Score (played live)

9. 1914 First Vacuum Tube Amplifier

10. How Amplification Works
source
output

11. How Amplification Works
source
output

12. How Amplification Works
source
output
Feedback loop

13. How Amplification Works
source
output
amplifier

14. How Amplification Works
source
output
amplifier
volume control

15. 1920 First Commercial Radio

16. How Radio Works
source

17. How Radio Works
source
modulator

18. How Radio Works source * amplitude modulation * frequency modulation
modulator

19. How Radio Works
source
amp
modulator

20. How Radio Works
source
amp
transmitter
modulator

21. How Radio Works
receiver
de-modulator

22. How Radio Works * amplitude modulation * frequency modulation
de-modulator

23. How Radio Works AM and FM!
* amplitude modulation * frequency modulation
de-modulator
AM and FM!

24. 1926 Vitaphone – disc based audio synched to film

25. 1927 The Jazz Singer – first spoken words in film

26. 1933 The first magnetic multi track recording systems

27. 1938 Les Paul multi track recording with discs; and guitar amplification!

28. Multi track over dubbing with discs
1st pass
2nd pass

29. 1939 Disney’s Fantasia multi track – multi channel synched to film
early surround sound

30. 1951 Magnetic Tape Standard
Very large
Hard to move!

31. 1955 suitcase sized recorder on location in Egypt for “The Ten Commandments”

32. 1966 Beatles Sgt. Pepper with 4 trks?

33. 1966 Beatles Sgt. Pepper with 4 trks?
multiple passes

34. Early 1970’s
The average American teenager had a better sound system than the local movie theater!

35. 1974 Todd Rundgren solo recording artist
24 track tape

36. 1975 Dolby Optical Stereophonic

37. 1976 Brian Eno the studio as a musical instrument

38. 1977 Star Wars – Lucas and THX
plus sub-woofer

39. 1979 Surround Sound Standard 5.1 Surround

40. 1989 Digidesign Sound Tools

41. 1993 Digidesign Pro Tools with TDM plug-ins

42. 2005 Pro Tools HD

43. Avid Pro Tools Today