Resumo de The First Technology Of Recorded Sound

The phonograph was the very first piece of technology to bring recorded sound to the public. The most remarkable and most important industrial and technological development in the first third of the 20th century was the rapid industry and it's supporting electronic technology.
The phonograph brought oppurtunitues for any person in the world to hear any kind of recording--especially as the recording industry grew, and more and more kinds of music were put onto records.

The music industry began to grow. Music became more appreciated and better understood. The record player revolutionized music education. Universities began to create music libraries. Music was also incorporated in the classroom.

The phonograph paved the way for other types of sound recording by sparking an interest in music and recording in general. Audio recording technology became a new priority and a new field study.

The phonograph also played voice recordings. Soon after the technology became common, books were recorded. The options for recording were endless. Not only could popular music be recorded, but classical compositions as well. By recording compositions they could be immortalized. Thousands of musical scores that were only written on paper could be lost. When a recording was made, the music could live on forever. the phonograph was responsible for prolonging the life of many pieces.

This inverse relation in music, the decay quality with increasing quantity has occured many more times, most noticably in the 20th century. As technology began to further infiltrate the music industry, other ethical and music dilemmas were carried along in its wake. These musical dilemmas expanded with the advent of electricity and its musical spawn: the phonograph, radio and a great number of electronic musical instruments.

Radio had a similar impact on music. As phonographs spread music in general, radio spread the idea of popular Top 40 (this term was not used until the 50s) music, which brought great revenue to the music industry. Radio did not do this without giving the music industry a scare.

The medium of the phonograph record soon changed after World War 2 and resulted in the tempory fall of radio (known then as wireless). In 1947,a company known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company introduced to the music world magnetic tape, a German innovation which, when used for musical recordings, led to a greater sound fidelity, cheaper production, and easier editing. This technology allowed the recording industry to expand its contracts to additional artists without incurring any extra costs, and also increased the ubiquity of musical recordings.

All these format wars between competeing companies beg the question: Are these different formats any better, or are they just a scheme for making money? The answer, yes they are better formats, and will evolve into something more given time, so no they are not just a scheme for making money, even though they will make a lot of money, they are better formats.

From the phonograph to now, with MP3, MP4 and IPODS, evolution of the technologies has really begun.

THIS ABSTRACT WAS TAKEN FROM AN ESSAY WRITTEN BY MYSELF, FOR MY COURSE IN UNIVERSITY.

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