Phonograph: Thomas Edison Edition- The first ever phonograph to be created was in 1877. Before there were CD players, tape records, cassettes, music system etc. there was this first ever phonograph, and Thomas Edison is to be thanked for the music we have today. While he was trying to improve the telegraph transmitter, he realized that the movements through the paper tape produce a noise. When he spoke into it he found out that at a high speed, his spoken words came out.
The gramophone- Emile Berliner the German immigrant was the first to create the gramophone, that could play disc records instead of cylinders. The discs have a larger advantage than cylinders. Disc are tend to be more easier to use and it produces better quality sounds than a cylinder. The first ever gramophone was in fact highly cheap but was always consider as a serious product. It was not a perfectly created product because it had no motor, and having no motor makes it tedious and difficult for the operator to fluently play the turntable at a steady speed.
Shellac record player- This recorder was one of the better ones because it lasted a long while rather than the other recorders. It lasted a longer while because it was made of a stronger metal.
Modern record player- the modern record payers are our everyday mechanical devices that generate sound by playing a grooved disc, instead of a cylinder like what they did with the phonograph. These amazing radio technology first came around in the 20th century/ 1900s. They became so popular that the chucked the phonograph down into the sales where it became Un- popular. People still use record players but they were also knocked down into the sales by CD players which are now the top music technology.
Open reel tape recorder- The recording medium is held on a reel rather than it being placed in a cassette. This open reel tape recorder was used in the most earliest tape recorders like THe pioneering Magnetophons of the 1930s. This was German.
Multi - Track Recorder- With a multi- track recorder more than one sound at the same time or play them at the same time. It is a double act when it comes to recording with it. The analogue tape based equipment will allow you to achieve multi tracking.
Audio Cassette- Invented in 1962 by the phillips company, the audio cassette is a tape that plays music and sounds. The quality was not so great, only until the 1970s came.
Digital Audio Tape- the digital audio tape was created in 1987. It has a long longer playing time than the audio tapes that were created before it. This can hold up to 2 hours of recording audio on each side of it.
CD- CD holds digital sounds on it. It is small and thin but different types of music and data can be held on it, depending on the size the Cd rom holds.. 1.2 mm thick and weights 15-20 grams thats the original size of a CD player.
Mp3- Just like a Cd the mp3 can hold any type of music on it depending on the memory size. It is one of the most modern music technology at the moment. It was created in the 1990s but became very successful in 1997. You are able to bring a mp3 player with you anywhere because of its average pocket size.
