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TIMELINE OF SOUND PREPRODUCTION DEVICES

MUSIC STORAGE CAPACITY AND


FON Ó SIZE
1870 GRAFO
It was the most common device for
10cm long and
playing recorded sounds from the
5.7cm in diameter
1870s to the 1880s. The
phonograph was invented by Its main function was to record
Thomas Alva Edison messages. These worked several
dozen times and then the sound
was lost.

GRAMOPHON
1888 It was the first sound recording and
reproduction system that used a flat 10” DISC 4.5
disc, unlike the phonograph that MINUTES
recorded on a cylinder. It was
patented in 1888 by Emile Berliner.

1925 TURNTABLE

Diameter in inches
It played records electrically, bringing
either 12", 10" and
benefits such as higher sound quality, less 7"
wear on both the record and the pick, and
control of sound volume. Generally record 45 min approx. at 33
RPM (General
players play at 33 RPM and 45 RPM.
measurement)

1930
TAPE
RECORDER
It allows sounds to be recorded on a magnetic
support attached to a plastic tape by
processing electrical signals from
microphones that resemble the human voice.

They can record 33


minutes TO 48 MIN
MUSIC STORAGE CAPACITY AND
1963
SIZE
WALKMAN

It is a portable device that, by means of


an electromagnetic coil, only allows the
reading of the contents of the audio
cassette. It is known as "Walkman" for Magnetic tape
being the most popular cassette player Capacity 30-120
model of the Sony inventor Nobutoshi minutes
Kihara brand.

1987 DISCMAN

It is a portable device that, by means


of a laser beam, allows only the
reading of the content of the CD,
Audio CD capacity
transmits the signal to an audio output
80 min
connector and this in turn to
headphones . James T. Russel

Mp3 Mp4 PLAYERS

2000
MP3 is a proprietary digital audio
compression format that uses a lossy
algorithm to achieve a smaller file size. 45 hours of
Developed by Karlheinz Brandenburg playback between
charges

2001 IPOD
Rechargeable lithium
ion polymer battery.
It is a line of portable digital audio
Classic (160 GB), Nano
players designed and marketed by (16 GB), Shuffle (2 GB),
Apple Inc. Touch (16 GB, 32 GB,
They presented it for the first time on 64 GB or 128 GB)
October 23, 2001
TIMELINE OF SOUND RECORDING DEVICES (SUPPORTS)

WAX CYLINDER CAPACITY AND SIZE


1880
10cm long and
They were the support of the first method 5.7cm in diameter
of recording and reproducing sound Its main function was to record
messages. These worked several
inventor Thomas Alva Edison dozen times and then the sound
was lost.

SLATE DISC
1888

The 78 RPM records were made of a The first musical


black, rigid and fragile material, known records (1889). Five
inch diameter 4.5 min
as paste or hardened shellac, which is
why they broke easily. Invention of Emil
Berliner

1925
VINYL DISC

It is an analog sound storage medium in 45 min approx. at 33


RPM 300 mm diameter,
the form of a polyvinyl chloride disc, variable thickness
which is grooved into a modulated spiral between 1 to 3 mm Max.
weight. 180 grams
shape By collecting/producing vibrations
produced by the friction between the disc
and the pick Developer Emile Berliner
in 1888 Its launch was in 1925
1963 CASSET
TE
It is a sound or video recording Capacity 30-120 minutes
format on magnetic tape that was Read/write mechanism
widely used between the 1970s and Electromagnetic head
early 1990s. PHILIPS Dimensions 10 × 6.5 × 0.9cm
DEVELOPER

COMPACT
1987 DISC

It is an optical disk used to store


data in digital format, consisting of A diameter of 12 centimeters,
any type of information (audio, a thickness of 1.2 millimeters
images, video, documents and and can store up to 80
minutes of audio or 700 MB of
other data).
data

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