Home Recording Studios - History of Sound Recording, Digital Audio, MP3 and multitrack recording

Today, with the explosion of cheap consumer electronics, some of the most amazing advances have been those in the field of digital recording. This article documents the general history of the tape and digital audio recording.

The first evidence of an audio recording dates back to December 4, 1877. Thomas Edison became was the first to record and reproduce the human voice. The technologies that have brought the phonograph were developed by the discoveries that made development of the telegraph and the telephone. His discovery came to him while he was experiencing as a diaphragm moves a coil connected to produce a soft, modulated voice signal. During this period he was also to continue his experiments with a telegraph repeater, which was a simple device that has ever used a needle to make indents in the paper with dots and dashes used in Morse code.

These two ideas were combined. He attacked the stylus from a telegraph repeater to the diaphragm in the mouthpiece of a telephone. During his first test in July of 1877, he attempted successfully mechanically pulling a sheet of paper under the needle while it is connected to the diaphragm, as he shouted into the microphone. Unfortunately, this combination did not produce desired results. But, he did produce a recognizable sound vague that Edison was the seed of faith needed to continue to fulfill his vision.

During the following year, Edison and his staff worked diligently to perfect his invention. His first important discovery was to replace paper with aluminum foil. This was a positive development and Tin Foil became the first recording medium of life. A band of aluminum foil was mounted on a cylinder. The cylinder was turned manually with a hand crank during recording and playback. His famous words were first recorded, "Mary had a little lamb it fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was
Be sure to go. "

Techniques first - from 1890 to 1930

In the era of sound recordings (before the introduction of microphones,
recording and electrical amplification) the first recording studios were very
basic services, being essentially soundproof rooms and the isolated '
artists from outside noise. During this period it was not uncommon
records must be made at any available location, such as a local dance hall,
using portable acoustic recording equipment.

In this period, recordings were made from a direct-to-disk cutting
process - artists were generally around a large horn (a
enlarged version of the familiar phonograph horn) and the acoustic energy
by the voices and / or instruments were channeled through the horn
diaphragm at a mechanical cutting lathe is in the room next door, which
inscribed the modulated signal as a groove directly on the surface of
master cylinder or disk.

After the invention and commercial introduction of the microphone,
electronic amplifier, mixing console and the speaker, the recording
industry gradually converted to electrical recording and this technology has
almost completely replaced mechanical methods of sound recording in 1933.

The next turn was developed by German inventor Magnetic Tape Joseph Begun. He graduated in 1929 from the Institute of Technology in Berlin, Germany, where he wrote the book's revolutionary research entitled "Magnetic Recording", during 1934 - 35, Begun developed and built the world's first tape recorder used for broadcasting.

In the 50 applications made to magnetic tape for further steps, especially in your recording studio. The person whose research led to the first multitrack recording was the legendary Les Paul, the man also known for its famous Les Paul Electric Guitar.

Paul's multitrack experiments, begun in the mid-1940, progressed rapidly and in 1953 he commissioned Ampex to build the world's first eight-track reel-to-reel tape recorder, at his own expense. Thanks to his diligent efforts, Ampex Corporation has released the first commercial multitrack recorders in 1955, naming the process "Sel-Sync" (Selective Synchronous Recording). Elvis Presley was one of the first artists who have benefited from this incredible progress, professional recording.

Our next big step is the invention of the cassette. In the Netherlands, Philips Company has developed and released the first compact audio cassette in 1962. They used high-quality polyester 1/8-inch tape produced by BASF. The recording and reproduction was at a rate of 1.7 / 8 inches per second, incredible for the time. Consumer demand for the white ribbon used for personal music recording was unanticipated by Philips. They have become a large and profitable companies.

With the development of micro computer chips, through the sixties, particularly in the NASA space program, visionary recording many knew that the ultimate future of audio recording tape, but it was not digital. The first major advance occurred in 1967 when the first digital tape recorder was invented. A 12-bit 30 kHz stereo device using a compander (like DBX Noise Reduction) to extend the dynamic range. In 1970, Thomas Stockham has created the first digital audio recordings using standard computer equipment, as well as developing a digital audio recorder to its design, the first of its kind to be offered commercially. In 1976 she made her first recording in 16-bit digital at the Santa Fe Opera on a hand Soundstream digital recorder.

Bringing us to this day, an MP3 sound is probably the most important invention that we enjoy. MP3 files are burned to CD, downloaded from the Internet and commonly imported into your iPod or iTunes. It 'was invented by a team of European engineers at Philips in 1991. Compact disc soon followed and the rest is history.

I was introduced to digital recording technology when I recorded and released my
first CD, WINDOWS, in 1993. I was lucky enough to have a dear friend who was a consultant for Yamaha Digital and had a staff of Digital Studio filled with the most modern equipment, many of which were prototypes that were helping Yamaha to develop. (Then top secret stuff)

Since then, the industry has absolutely exploded. It 'hard to believe that this technology is now common in many homes and standards in occupational studies was only recently in its infancy. Major progress has been not only in technology and the availability to the public. When I built my first digital recording studio in 1994, I was very limited in what they could afford because of the very high cost.

I remember the days when a top of the line of rack mount synthesizer could cost up to
5.000,00. After adding the computer, mixer, keyboard and other necessary
accessories, the cost of a basic recording studio could be up to a maximum of 20.000,00 per
30000.00, minimum. Now, the cost of owning a digital recording studio are at the lowest level 199.00. What if I told you I could sell your studio that you could use at home, by car, on a picnic bench, a business trip or holiday! I'm sure you would be interested! At my website, I sell Digital Recording Studio, packages for under 600.00. This is an incredible value for the consumer.

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