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Recording Technology History
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1. An American given the task of observing the German's development of electronics during WWII that adapts the magnetophone. Impresses Bing Crosby. (1945).
The Beatles (1960s)
Jack Mullin
Thomas Stockholm
Alexander Graham Bell
2. Engineer for the Beatles
The Beatles (1960s)
Thomas Edison
John Lennon
Norman Smith
3. 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)
Thomas Edison
Buddy Holly
Norman Smith
The Beatles (1960s)
4. 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)
Thomas Dowd (1950s)
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
Vacuum tubes
Thomas Edison
5. A recording engineer employed at EMI's Abbey Road Studios.
1967
Ken Townsend
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
The Beatles (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)
Thomas Edison
Geoff Emerick
Voldemar Poulson
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
7. 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.
Ken Townsend
Voldemar Poulson
Thomas Stockholm
Dolby Noise Reduction (DNR)
8. Produces the first digital recording via computer in 1957. Tremendous limitations regarding dynamic range.
Fritz Pfleumer
Bell Labs
Vacuum tubes
Pridham and Jenson
9. Invented specially for the Beatles on April 6 - 1966 - by Ken Townsend - mainly at the instigation of John Lennon (1960s)
ADT
John Lennon
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Victor in 1900s
10. (1970's) Transmitted first digital recordings to a standard computer.
John Lennon
Thomas Stockholm
ADT
Bell Labs
11. Invented by Paul in the 1950's (with Mary Ford) - these allowed for individual track amplification and mixing.
Jack Mullin
The Beatles (1960s)
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Pridham and Jenson
12. 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).
John Lennon
Les Paul
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
Bell Labs
13. Became first rock- n - roll musician to incorporate multi- tracking on a commercial rock- n - roll song. (1957).
Buddy Holly
Les Paul and Mary Ford
Voldemar Poulson
Jack Mullin
14. 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).
Victor in 1900s
Theodore Case
Thomas Stockholm
Bing Crosby
15. German scientist that invented magnetically captured sound on tape - called the magnetophone. (1930s)
Fritz Pfleumer
Dolby Noise Reduction (DNR)
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
Theodore Case
16. Developed the loudspeaker by essentially reversing the new magnetic coil microphones (1910s)
Ken Townsend
Thomas Edison
1967
Pridham and Jenson
17. 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)
John Lennon
Pridham and Jenson
Thomas Stockholm
Bell Labs
18. Invented the telephone - allowing for the human voice to be transmitted via microphone over wire at lower levels of voltage. (1870s)
1967
Thomas Dowd (1960s)
Alexander Graham Bell
Pridham and Jenson
19. Invented recording on film using infrared light (1917).
1967
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
John Lennon
Theodore Case
20. 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.
Thomas Dowd (1950s)
Bing Crosby
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
1967
21. 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
Norman Smith
The Beatles (1960s)
Jack Mullin
1967
22. 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)
Thomas Dowd (1950s)
Ken Townsend
4-Track and 8-Track Recording
Les Paul and Mary Ford
23. Victor becomes wildly popular for selling records in disc form rather than cylinders.
Les Paul and Mary Ford
Dolby Noise Reduction (DNR)
Victor in 1900s
Les Paul
24. The first 12- bit - 30kHz digital tape recordings used a compander to increase dynamic range.
Fritz Pfleumer
Ken Townsend
Thomas Dowd (1950s)
1967
25. Engineer for the Beatles
Vacuum tubes
Pridham and Jenson
Geoff Emerick
Dolby Noise Reduction (DNR)
26. 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)
ADT
Thomas Edison
Norman Smith