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Gathering sounds out of the air. Charles Cros dawdles. Edison dawdles less.
Paris was clearly the centre of the world in the early days of sound recording. It was there that Leon Scott de Martinville invented his Phonautograph to capture sound onto paper in 1857 and 20 years… more →
Sound Of The Hound
The History of Recorded Sound.
wrote 1 week ago: I’m a big music fan. That’s both obvious and a bit of an understatement. Yesterday I wen … more →
Viva la Amateur!
wrote 3 weeks ago: In Praise of Amateurism by Lochie Bradfield + ‘You are the music, while the music lasts’ - T.S. Eli … more →
The Phonautograph
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wrote 2 months ago: I’m frequently amazed when cycles manifest in surprising ways. A few years ago, I stumbled ac … more →
Terrifying Sound of First Human Voice Recording (1860)
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wrote 7 months ago: On the ninth of April, 1860 Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville created what is generally believed to … more →
The phonautograph - the emergence of sound recording in the 19th Century
wrote 1 year ago: It is easy to forget in this technological era that the latter half of the 19th Century was a major … more →
On a roll!
wrote 1 year ago: Moving right a long with blog post number two! I’m on fire! An update on the onesie … Pr … more →
The New Brahms LP/World's Earliest Recording
wrote 1 year ago: In an alarmingly long bout of adulthood, I’ve been listening to a lot of 19th century classica … more →
Edison not the first to record sounds
wrote 1 year ago: Although he couldn’t play back the recording, Scott de Martinville invented the phonautogram a … more →
Can you hear me mon ami Pierrot?
wrote 1 year ago: This morning, like I do every morning as I woke up, the first thing, I turned on my radio. “Oh … more →
XKSC - 1937
wrote 1 year ago: WordPress video Transcript of an interview with subject K, Julliard Institute of Audio-Geological St … more →
Two Records
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wrote 2 years ago: “People used to make records As in a record of an event…” Ani DiFranco In 1857 Édo … more →
April 9th
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wrote 2 years ago: On this day in 1860 an instrument called a phonautograph was used to make what is the oldest audible … more →
Gathering sounds out of the air. Charles Cros dawdles. Edison dawdles less.
wrote 2 years ago: Paris was clearly the centre of the world in the early days of sound recording. It was there that Le … more →
The first recording in the history of recorded sound: 17 years before Edison. By a Frenchman!
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wrote 2 years ago: Twenty years before Edison invented the recording process, Frenchman Leon Scott de Martinville inven … more →
Making Progress
wrote 2 years ago: Bell's Phonautograph Bell made great progress and success by 1874 with his original work on the … more →
The First Recorded Sound
wrote 3 years ago: Sound recording has come a long way since it was first invented. Contrary to what you might know, E … more →
First Recorded Sound
wrote 3 years ago: Mayor and I were listening to this last night. It’s eerie, but really fascinating. As for an e … more →
An Excursion to the 19th Century
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wrote 3 years ago: Starting this blog in the paleolithic era was almost an afterthought. In retrospect, I’m glad … more →
