Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s.

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an innovative device that captures sounds in a visual form. This ...

The first sound recording is often credited to Thomas Edison, but in 1857, a typographer named Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville actually beat him by inventing the phonautograph, a device designed to ...

Starting a career in audio recording has traditionally involved training through an informal apprenticeship system. With the rush of new technologies that have revolutionized the recording industry in ...

a high pitched sound has a high frequency. Musicians and scientists record and analyse sounds using wave traces. Sometimes you can see the source of the sound vibrating, like a guitar string ...

Carrier Wave Generator The Wave Generator creates a high-frequency radio signal. The frequency of this signal is many times greater than the frequency of the audio wave. This signal will "carry ...

So that's essentially tracing sound waves in soot. MARTÍNEZ: Now, we have one of those recordings. The quality is not great. This is from 1860, a recording of "Clair De Lune." (SOUNDBITE OF ...

As a sound recording technology major, you will gain expertise in music, media and technology to excel in today's technology-based production industry. Please visit our How to Apply webpage for ...

Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s.