Wednesday, 8 September 2010

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

Today with the explosion of consumer electronics cheap, some of the incredible progress that has been in the Digital Studio Industry. This article documents the general history of the band and digital audio recording.

The first record of an audio recording dates back as far as the fourth Dezember 1877 Thomas Edison was the first recording and reproduction was the human voice. The technologies that have brought the phonograph developed from the results that he made the development of the telegraph and telephone. His discovery came to him while he was with, like a movable diaphragm connected to a coil would be a weak voice modulated signal generates experiments. During this period he continued his experiments with a telegraph repeater, which the code was a simple device that uses needles to make holes in paper with dots and dashes used in Morse did.

Both these ideas were connected. He put the pen from the Telegraph> Repeater to the diaphragm in the mouthpiece of a telephone. In his first test in July of 1877 attempted, the success of mechanically pulls a sheet of paper under the needle during the diaphragm is attached, as he shouted into the microphone. Unfortunately, this combination failed to result in desired results. But they produced a sound vaguely recognizable, the seed of faith that Edison is required to continue the fulfillment of his vision.

Over the next year, Edison and his staffworked diligently to perfect his invention. His first important discovery was, replace the paper with aluminum foil. This was a positive development and tinfoil was the first viable storage medium. A band of aluminum foil was mounted in a cylinder. The cylinder was shot manually with a hand crank during recording and playback. His first words were recorded notes: "Mary Had a Little Lamb is fleece was white as snow. It is everywhere that Mary went the lamb
to be sure. "

SoonTechnical - 1890-1930

In the era of recordings adhesives (before the introduction of microphones,
electrical recording and amplification) recording studios were very soon
Basic equipment, which are essentially soundproof rooms that isolated
Performers from outside noise. During this period, it was not uncommon
Recordings are made at any available position as a dance hall premises,
audio system with portable recording devices.

Thisoriginal recordings of the period were cut direct-to-disc
Performers process - were generally around a large acoustic horn (a grouping
the extended version of the famous phonograph horn) and acoustic energy
was channeled by the voices and / or instruments by the horn
Membrane of a mechanical lathe cutting into the next room, there is
recorded the signal as a modulated groove directly onto the surface of
Brake master cylinder ordisc.

After the invention and market introduction of the microphone,
electronic amplifier, mixer and speakers, registration
Industry gradually converted into electricity and recording of this technology
almost totally replaced mechanical acoustic recording methods until 1933.

The next turn was tape German inventor Joseph Begun developed. Graduated in 1929 at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, where he wroterevolutionary research paper entitled "Magnetic Recording, initiated during 1934-1935 built and constructed the world's first tape recorder used for broadcasting.

During the 50-tape applications made further progress, in particular the application of the recording studio. The person whose research led to the first multitrack recording was the legendary Les Paul, the man also known for the famous Les Paul guitar.

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

Our next major step was the inventionthe cassette. In the Netherlands, invented by Philips and published the first compact cassette in 1962. They used high-quality polyester ribbon 1/8-inch manufactured by BASF. Recording and playback at a speed of 1.7 / 8 inches per second, an incredible time. The consumer demand for blank tape used for recording personal music was unanticipated by Philips. They were a great and profitable company.

With the development of the computer through micro-chipsixties, particularly in the NASA space program, has known many visionaries who records the ultimate future of digital recording on audio tape is not, however. The first big advance came in 1967 when the first digital recording device was invented. A 12-bit 30 kHz with a stereo Compander (similar to DBX Noise Reduction) to extend the dynamic range. In 1970, Thomas Stockham created the first digital audio recordings with standard computer and the development of a digital audioRegister its design, the first of its kind to be offered commercially. In 1976 he made the first 16-bit digital recording at the Santa Fe Opera on a handmade Soundstream digital recorder.

Leads us to this day, the MP3 audio file is probably the most important invention that we enjoy. MP3 files are burned to CD, downloaded from the Internet and most often imported in your iPod or iTunes. It 'was invented by a team of European engineers at Philips in 1991. CompactDisks soon followed, and the rest is history.

I was introduced digital technology, when I fired, and took my
First CD, WINDOWS 1993. I was lucky, a close friend who was a consultant for Yamaha Digital and a personal digital studio filled with the latest equipment, many of which are prototypes that helped Yamaha have been developed to have. (Top secret stuff at that time)

Since then the industry has absolutely exploded. It 'hard to believe thatThe technology, which is now common in many homes and has been the standard in professional recently in its infancy. The major advances are not only technology and the availability to the public. When I built my first digital recording studio for the year 1994, I was very limited what he could afford because of high costs.

I remember the days when a top model free of the rack-mount synthesizer as it could
5000.00. Once you have a computer, mixingBoard of Directors, the keyboard and other necessary
Accessories could, the cost of a basic recording studio, rising to 20,000.00 as
30000.00, minimum. Now the cost of your digital recording studio will be as low as 199.00. What if I told you I could sell your studio that you can use in your home, car, on a picnic bench on business or on holiday! I'm sure would be interested! On my site, I sell digital recording studio, complete packages forto 600.00. This is an incredible value for the consumer.

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I hope you have learned and enjoyed some important information in this article. I write all the time in Ezine Articles you can access and updates to be informed.

Until next time!

Jonathan Morgan Jenkins

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