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phonautograph
phonautograph (fəʊˈnɔːtəgrɑːf, -æ-) [= F. phonautographe (1855), f. Gr. ϕωνή voice + αὐτο- self + -graph -writer (i.e. recorder).] An apparatus for automatically recording the vibrations of sound, by means of a membrane set in vibration by the sound-waves, and having a point attached which makes a t...
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Phonautograph
The phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound. The phonautograph would play a role in the development of the gramophone, whose inventor, Emile Berliner, worked with the phonautograph in the course of
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phonograph
phonograph, n. (ˈfəʊnəgrɑːf, -æ-) [f. Gr. ϕωνή voice (see phono-) + (in sense 1) -(ό)γραϕος written, (in sense 2) -γράϕος writing, writer: see -graph.] † 1. A character representing a sound: = phonogram 1. Obs. rare.1835–40 Hincks On Hieroglyphics (MS. B.M., Egypt. Antiq., 19 e), Hieroglyphic charac...
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phonography
phonography (fəʊˈnɒgrəfɪ) [f. Gr. ϕωνή voice (see phono-) + -graphy.] 1. The art or practice of writing according to sound, or so as to represent the actual pronunciation; phonetic spelling. ? Obs.1701 J. Jones (title) Practical Phonography: or, the new Art of Rightly Spelling and Writing Words By t...
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Analog recording
Analog audio recording began with mechanical systems such as the phonautograph and phonograph.
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Rudolph Koenig
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Additive synthesis
Phonautograph
References
External links
Koenig's Manometric Flame Apparatus
Koenig's Vibration Microscope
Koenig's Fourier
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Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
Phonautograph
From 1853, he became fascinated in a mechanical means of transcribing vocal sounds. On 25 March 1857, he received French patent #17,897/31,470 for the phonautograph.
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vibrograph
vibrograph (ˈvaɪbrəʊgrɑf) [f. vibro- + -graph.] a. = phonautograph. b. An instrument for measuring or recording mechanical vibrations.1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 110/1 Greater accuracy [in studying the relation between pitch and vibration] may be attained with the so-called Vibrograph or Phonautograph. 19...
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Au clair de la lune
In 2008, a phonautograph paper recording made by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville of "Au clair de la lune" on 9 April 1860, was digitally converted to According to those researchers, the phonautograph recording contains the beginning of the song, "".
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1860 in France
Trade treaty is signed between the United Kingdom and France.
9 April - Typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings "Au clair de la lune" into his phonautograph
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Early classical guitar recordings
quality since recording technology was just in its beginning phases, with the earliest known guitar sound recorded in either 1853 or 1854 recorded the phonautograph
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French electronic music
History
Phonautograph (1857)
The earliest known sound recording device was the phonautograph, patented in 1857 by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.
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Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
from November 1877 when Edison developed the first model of a cylinder phonograph, and earlier, in 1857, when Léon Scott de Martinville invented the phonautograph
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How We Got to Now
Glass - from cristallo to smart phones
Light - from spermaceti oil to fusion reactors
Cold - from ice harvesting to air conditioning
Sound - from phonautograph
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Write-only memory (engineering)
See also
Null device or /dev/null, another "write-only" concept
Phonautograph, patented in 1857 and the earliest device to record sound, but not able
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