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Recording Technology History
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1. (1970's) Transmitted first digital recordings to a standard computer.
Thomas Stockholm
Alexander Graham Bell
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Bing Crosby
2. Became first rock- n - roll musician to incorporate multi- tracking on a commercial rock- n - roll song. (1957).
Buddy Holly
John Lennon
Ken Townsend
The Beatles (1960s)
3. Made numerous revolutionary recordings on EMI's 4- track equipment through the cleverness of George Martin and their engineers - primarily Norman Smith and Geoff Emerick
The Beatles (1960s)
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
Les Paul and Mary Ford
1967
4. A recording engineer employed at EMI's Abbey Road Studios.
Pridham and Jenson
Ken Townsend
The Beatles (1960s)
1967
5. A Beatle. Hated the tedium of double tracking during sessions - and regularly expressed a desire for a technical alternative. ADT was invented by Ken Townsend. (1960's)
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Vacuum tubes
John Lennon
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
6. Invented sound captured magnetically on wire (wire recording) - named the telegraphone. Becomes useful in dictation and recording where low- fidelity is acceptable. (1890s)
The Beatles (1960s)
Norman Smith
Voldemar Poulson
Vacuum tubes
7. Invented specially for the Beatles on April 6 - 1966 - by Ken Townsend - mainly at the instigation of John Lennon (1960s)
ADT
Thomas Edison
Dolby Noise Reduction (DNR)
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
8. Invented recording on film using infrared light (1917).
Dolby Noise Reduction (DNR)
Theodore Case
Victor in 1900s
Alexander Graham Bell
9. Incorporated the 8 track into commercial recording at Atlantic Records in New York. He also replaces the mixing board conceived by Les Paul with linear faders and adds equalization - among other features.
Victor in 1900s
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Thomas Dowd (1950s)
Les Paul and Mary Ford
10. Engineer for the Beatles
Geoff Emerick
Ken Townsend
Vacuum tubes
Thomas Dowd (1950s)
11. Introduced by DBX - it was used to reduce tape hiss by extending the 'compander' concept by compressing low frequencies on record - and expanding them on playback.
Dolby Noise Reduction (DNR)
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Alexander Graham Bell
Geoff Emerick
12. Invented by Paul in the 1950's (with Mary Ford) - these allowed for individual track amplification and mixing.
Thomas Edison
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Geoff Emerick
Les Paul and Mary Ford
13. Engineer for the Beatles
Bell Labs
Thomas Edison
Norman Smith
Bing Crosby
14. The first 12- bit - 30kHz digital tape recordings used a compander to increase dynamic range.
Jack Mullin
1967
Thomas Edison
Pridham and Jenson
15. Together - they produce the first heavily multi- track (sound on sound) recordings in their home and on the road. Sometimes as many as 12 guitar parts and 12 vocal parts. (1950's)
Norman Smith
Jack Mullin
Theodore Case
Les Paul and Mary Ford
16. After having been impressed by Jack Mullin's adaptation of the magnetophone - invents $50 -000 in the Ampex company to develop and market tape recorders. He is the first to prerecord his radio broadcasts on tape. (1945).
Bing Crosby
Norman Smith
The Beatles (1960s)
Pridham and Jenson
17. Invented the telephone - allowing for the human voice to be transmitted via microphone over wire at lower levels of voltage. (1870s)
The Beatles (1960s)
Alexander Graham Bell
Les Paul
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
18. Captured sound using wax etchings while attempting to improve upon Bell's technology. Direct record etching remains the norm well into the 1940's. (1890s)
ADT
1967
Thomas Edison
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
19. Adapts a pair of Ampex 200's given to him from Bing Crosby by adding a second record head to one - producing the first- ever multi- track recordings. (1848).
Buddy Holly
Jack Mullin
Les Paul
Victor in 1900s
20. Developed the loudspeaker by essentially reversing the new magnetic coil microphones (1910s)
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
Ken Townsend
Theodore Case
Pridham and Jenson
21. An American given the task of observing the German's development of electronics during WWII that adapts the magnetophone. Impresses Bing Crosby. (1945).
John Lennon
Buddy Holly
Jack Mullin
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
22. Redesigned the first modern recording studio with control room and isolation for multi- tracking. Recording on 8- track becomes American standard with his influence at Atlantic Records.
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
Alexander Graham Bell
The Beatles (1960s)
Ken Townsend
23. Produces the first digital recording via computer in 1957. Tremendous limitations regarding dynamic range.
Bell Labs
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Bing Crosby
Jack Mullin
24. German scientist that invented magnetically captured sound on tape - called the magnetophone. (1930s)
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
1967
Thomas Stockholm
Fritz Pfleumer
25. Invented by AT&T - these boost line level voltage by increasing the quality and distance of sound. Quickly becomes useful in recording and broadcasting what would soon be radio. (1900s)
ADT
Vacuum tubes
Thomas Edison
Ken Townsend
26. Victor becomes wildly popular for selling records in disc form rather than cylinders.
Victor in 1900s
John Lennon
Thomas Stockholm
Geoff Emerick