History of Music Production & Technology - Timeline
Category: History
Updated: 3 months ago
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Thomas Edison invents recorded sound [the phonograph]Emile Berliner’s disc records introducedCarbon Button Microphones developedMoving Coil (Dynamic) Microphones introducedTape Recording (mono) developedRCA 77DX microphone introducedHammond Organ Model A releasedFender Broadcaster introducedNeumann U-47 microphone introducedVinyl Records introducedFender Precision (P-Bass) introducedGibson Les Paul guitar introducedGibson ES-175 releasedFender Stratocaster introducedRickenbacker Ro-Pat-InFairchild 660 compressor introducedReverb on guitar amps introducedFender Rhodes Mark I “Suitcase” releasedMarshall JTM-45 amplifier introducedVolume Pedal for guitarists introducedWurlitzer Model 100 introducedFender Jaguar introducedTape Delay introducedMaestro Fuzztone FZ-1 introducedHeil TalkBox introducedMellotron introducedUnivox Uni-Vibe introducedDunlop Cry Baby releasedMoog Minimoog introducedMutron III introducedTremolo on guitar amps introducedMXR Phase 90 introducedLexicon Delta-T releasedEMT Plate Reverberator developedMaestro Echoplex introducedUREI 1176 compressor introducedArp Odyssey synthesizer introducedDBX 160 compressor introducedLexicon 224 digital reverb introducedEventide 910 introducedEventide 910 introducedEventide 910 introducedPulse Technologies EQP-1A developedR-DAT introducedNew England Digital Synclavier introduced3M Digital Multitrack Tape introducedIBM Personal Computer introducedCompact Discs (CDs) introducedMIDI standard introducedApple Macintosh releaseKurzweil K250 introducedAlesis ADAT releasedAkai MPC-60 introducedDigidesign Sound Designer I introducedDigidesign Pro Tools 1.0 releasedTascam DTRS introducedDolby A noise reduction introducediTunes launchedThe Worldwide Web expands globallyAutotune technology introducedWax Cylinders inventedVox Continental inventedTeletronix LA-2A inventedShure SM-57Shellac Records inventedRCA 77DX inventedClavioline inventedCondenser Microphones inventedFarfisa Compact introducedHohner Clavinet introducedLee De Forest invents the triode vacuum tubePeriods
The Acoustic Recording EraThe Electric Recording EraRibbon Microphones developedMultitracking developedCompact Cassette becomes widely adopted
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