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Recording technology from the 1890s to the present, with links to videos demonstrating many obsolete technologies. Work in progress.
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MUSC 1800: Popular Music
Recording Technology
Dr. Matthew C. SaundersLakeland Community College
C-1078
One Theme: Technology
• The way that music comes to us makes a huge difference.
• “The medium is the message.”
• Important Types of Technology
Musical Instruments
• Acoustic instruments
• Electric instruments
• Electronic instruments
Recording and playback technology
Player piano: 1890s
Piano roll.Production in 1980s
Recording and playback technology
Edison phonograph: 1877
This 1901 model in action
Recording and playback technologyBerliner Gramophone: 1877
Recording and playback technology
Standard Disc Sizes:78rpm: 10” diameter, 3 minutes per side (standardized ca. 1910)45rpm (“single”): 7”, 3-5 minutes per side (1949)33-1/3 rpm (“LP”): 12”, 22-24 minutes per side (1948)
Making a disc
Recording and playback technology
• Magnetic recording– Reel-to-reel (1948)
– Demo
Recording and playback technology
• Magnetic recording– Cassette (1963)
Recording and playback technology
• Magnetic recording– Eight-track (1964)
Recording and playback technology
• Digital recording– Compact disc (1983)– Early promo
– Digital vs. Analog
Recording and playback technology
• Digital recording– Digital audio tape (1987)
Recording and playback technology
• Digital Distribution– Mp3 and related file
formats
