Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
237 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
who made first recording of human voice? what did he record
|
thomas edision; mary had a little lamb.
|
|
|
who first thinks of recording electrical signals onto steel wire, and later publishes his ideas?
|
oberlin smith
|
|
|
who patents the non- magnetic moving coil transducer?
|
ernest siemens
|
|
|
theodore n. vail
|
general mgr of bell telephone company
|
|
|
who creates first stereo effect/ how?
|
clement alder/ armature headphones at opera
|
|
|
who created graphaphone? describe device.
|
chinchester bell and charles tainter; wax cylinders with vertical cut grooves
|
|
|
who first detected radio waves
|
heinrich hertz
|
|
|
who created gramaphone?
|
emile berliner.
|
|
|
who improved the gramaphone, and how?
|
eldridge johnson; he added a motor
|
|
|
who patented am radio in the west?
|
gugielmo marconi
|
|
|
who discovers principal of magnetic recording?
|
valdemar poulsen; original purpose is to serve as an answering machine.
|
|
|
who founded the victor talking machine compant?
|
emile berliner and eldridge johnson. they release the red seal discs featuring enrico caruso. first million unit seller
|
|
|
who sells first two sided discs?
|
odeon in germany
|
|
|
who invents continuous wave voice transmitter?
|
reginald fessenden
|
|
|
who created audion tube?
|
lee deforest
|
|
|
who created first vacuum tube?
|
harold arnold of at&t
|
|
|
who patents condensor mic?
|
e.c. wente of bell labs
|
|
|
who records first song 'ive got the girl' with a carbon mic?
|
bing crosby
|
|
|
what was the first talkie?
|
the jazz singer
|
|
|
who develops first dynamic mic?
|
e.c. wente and a.c. thuras of bell labs
|
|
|
who pantented the binaural stereo mic technique?
|
alan blumlein
|
|
|
who developed paper tape?
|
fritz fleumer
|
|
|
who patented first ribbon microphone?
|
dr. harry olsen of rca
|
|
|
who created fm radio?
|
e. armstrong
|
|
|
what company manufactured first plastic backed tape?
|
basf
|
|
|
what was shures first cardioc mic?
|
the unidyne
|
|
|
who designed 44b ribbon mic for rca?
|
leslie anderson
|
|
|
who makes first pro tape recorder
|
ampex
|
|
|
who "discovered" the magnetopohne?
|
John Mullin
|
|
|
who developed and who licensed the first transistor?
|
bell labs developed; sony licensed
|
|
|
who coins the term "rock and roll"?
|
alan frees
|
|
|
what was the 1st 1" 8 track system developed for LEs Paul called?
|
the octapus
|
|
|
what culture used magnetic compasses
|
china
|
|
|
who publised de magnete?
|
william gilbert
|
|
|
who first discussed differenced between magnetic particles and unmagnetized/ magnetized rocks
|
william gilbert
|
|
|
who applied inverse square law in 1759s
|
john mitchell
|
|
|
who discovered electromagnetic fields in 1820 through a electrified wire ad compass
|
hans christen oersted
|
|
|
who discovered electric voltage
|
michael faraday
|
|
|
who developed concept of magnetic recording?
|
oberlin smith
|
|
|
first commercially available audio recorder
|
graphaphone
|
|
|
who developed flat disc recording system
|
eldridge johnson
|
|
|
who unveiled first electromagnetic recording system to the world in 1900s?
|
valdemar poulsen
|
|
|
who developed audion?`
|
lee deforest
|
|
|
this company's research created the first electronic recordings, utilizing a condensor microphone and matched impedance cutter head
|
bell telephone
|
|
|
alan blumlein developed binaural recording at this company
|
EMI
|
|
|
who developed condensor mic for bell labs
|
ec wente
|
|
|
first manufactured tape recorder
|
ampex 200
|
|
|
who founded atlantic records
|
ahmet ertgun
|
|
|
who did shake rattle and roll
|
big joe turner
|
|
|
who developed the first outboard eq
|
pultec, eqp1
|
|
|
eq standard developed in 1950s
|
roll off of low frequencies, boost high freqencies
|
|
|
what was done to make records sound better to consumers
|
inverse eq on phonograph
|
|
|
who developed akg c12 mic
|
akg- it was competitive against . it lifts top end and has a bump around 12k (more "air" or crispness) good for instruments. $10k. telekunken makes knockoff for same price.
|
|
|
v72
|
preamp specifically designed for u47. has minimal preamp gain (40dB). used in beatles albums. tabfunkenwork makes knockoffs.
|
|
|
pocket transistor radio
|
developed by sony with first transistor, around same time RR breaks through
|
|
|
ross snyder
|
refines "sel sync" octapus for les paul
|
|
|
forbidden planet
|
first film to use electronic film score
|
|
|
first stereo mic
|
neuman sm2
|
|
|
emts first reverb plate
|
model 140. no early reflections, sounded very diffused and not like a real room. secondary tape machine used to add delay.
|
|
|
first stereo records sold on what label?
|
decca label. deccatree standard: neuman m40 cardiod center mic. neuman m50 omnidirectional. extra mics on side were two additional m49s
|
|
|
neuman u48
|
large capsule condendor. cardiod and figure 7 pattern
|
|
|
payola
|
introduced in 1958; pay to play
|
|
|
telefunken v76
|
really good preamp. 2 gainstages. can overdrive first stage, underdrive second. used at abby rode and is highly desirable. m76 mercury is a knockoff
|
|
|
telefunken 250
|
flattering quality for robust quality. helps alleviate nasal voices.
|
|
|
knockoffs to tele 250
|
sound delux bach micrphones 250 and 251
|
|
|
c24
|
introduced by akg. stereo mic. $10-415K
|
|
|
FAIRCHILED 660/ fairchild 670
|
mono/ stereo compressor. slow attach/ long release. initially part of mastering, then came into recording. $30K for 670. adl 670, mercury 66 are knockoffs.
|
|
|
u67
|
tube mic, different capsule then prev. neuman mics. precursor to u87. $7kish. sound delux u99 is knockoff. switch can emulate u87.
|
|
|
influential r&b artists/ labels
|
fats domino and little richard/ atlantic specialty imperial, VJ
|
|
|
influential blues artists
|
chuck berry. chess, rpm, sun
|
|
|
influential country artists
|
elvix presly sun. rca
|
|
|
robert johnson
|
blues artist. told people he sold his soul to the devil to become such a good decision. dies from pnemonia after whisky strictnine poisoning from bartender.
|
|
|
aristocrat
|
recorded muddy waters' 1st album
|
|
|
aron brothers/ chess brothers
|
split up bc aron bros. wanted to record jewish comedy.
|
|
|
bill putnam
|
modified opera house into recording studio -universal studios. had decoupled walls and surfaces/ non parallel walls. took label artists into independent studio.
|
|
|
bill putnam jr.
|
audio gear by BP senior's son.
|
|
|
western electric's preamps
|
weren't made for singing- made for voice. adds grit that people like.
|
|
|
what label did chuck berry come out on?
|
chess
|
|
|
alan freed
|
worked with chuck berry and fats domino
|
|
|
fats domino's first hit
|
blueberry hill
|
|
|
dick clark
|
american bandstand
|
|
|
Who was Sam Phillips?
|
Elvis Presley's producer
|
|
|
Who created Sun Records?
|
Sam Phillips
|
|
|
Presto
|
equivilent to Tascam at the time (50s- Sam Phillips' recording studio)
|
|
|
Riley (bebe) King
|
first recorded by Sam Phillips- then got his record deal.
|
|
|
Ike Turner
|
Records w/ Sam Philips @ Sun
|
|
|
Rocket 88
|
recorded by Sam P. Ike Turner Jackie, one of the first recorded rock songs b/c had distorted guitar. Licensed to Chess.
|
|
|
Hound Dog
|
Big Momma Thorton
|
|
|
Rufus Thomas
|
Bear Cat in response to hound dog.
|
|
|
Prisonnaires
|
Acapella record of prison inmates that exposed Sam Philips to Elvis Presley
|
|
|
Bill Black Scotty Moore
|
became Elvis' backing band
|
|
|
Big Boy Cruddup 'That's Allright'
|
Elvis played for SP
|
|
|
Dewey Phillips
|
played Elvis "that's allright" then EP did interview
|
|
|
Bill Monroe
|
Blue Moon of Kentucky. Bluegrass song for Elvis to cover as pop song. 1st tape delay- rockabilly sound.
|
|
|
Carl Perkins
|
Emo country turned blue suede shoos song writer
|
|
|
Johnny Cash
|
Hey Porter- first single
|
|
|
Roy Orbison
|
Oobie Doobie @ sun. then went to columbia. dave bell's song is 'in dreams'
|
|
|
rca studio b
|
famous country studio
|
|
|
jerry lee lewis
|
fundamental christian. recorded by SP
|
|
|
chet atkins
|
a team- session musicians in nashville. played with elvis
|
|
|
joe meek
|
english. packaged his gear. foreshadow to psychadelic recordings. paranoid homo. killed landlord then himself.
|
|
|
Frankie Lyman
|
why do fools fall in love. little to no reverb- you can hear rythm section.
|
|
|
motown
|
barry gordy becomes independent producer by being songwriter for jackie wilson
|
|
|
jackie wilson
|
middleweight boxer turned performer
|
|
|
lonely teardrops
|
jackie wilson. another dave bell fav.
|
|
|
the miracles with smoky roninson
|
discovered by barry gordy
|
|
|
eddie holland
|
he and brother bryan work with barry gordy, then lemont dozier become most successful songwriting team ever.
|
|
|
primettes
|
later become diana ross and the supremes
|
|
|
marvin gaye
|
drummer initially discovered by bary gordy. later taught stevie wonder to play drums
|
|
|
barry gordy
|
first to do target marketing. embezeled royalties. cooked books for audits
|
|
|
funk brothers
|
sesh musicians. $10/song. benny benjaman is drummer. powerhouse drummer, died due to alcoholism. bass player is james jamerson. robert white (my girl) is guitar player.
|
|
|
lawrence horn
|
hired to re-do studio. go to headphones for studio referencing. used teletronics la2a. 1 track instruments. 2 track sweetening. 3 trak vox. mixed to mono. eventually went to stereo.
|
|
|
electrodyne
|
quad 8 (8 track, motion picture)
|
|
|
km86
|
multipattern version of km84
|
|
|
stax records
|
started by jim stewart. converted old theatre to recording studio4 track ampex.
|
|
|
jim stewart
|
eventually partners with atlantic records. booker and the mgs formed here. people picketed shows b/c biracial band.
|
|
|
otis redding
|
chaufer for johnny jenkins. wrote respect.
|
|
|
tom dowd for stax records
|
got them into 8 track recording with two 4 track machines.
|
|
|
columbia v. warner bros. records
|
CLIVE DAVIS gets to top of columbia. eventually fired. stax relationship with columbia dissolves.
|
|
|
imperial records
|
phil spektor dropped after being screwed over by record company for release os song 'to know him is to love him'
|
|
|
ahmet ertigun and jerry wexler with phil spektor
|
hire phil to be a&r rep at atlantic records
|
|
|
corina corina
|
redone with phil spektor and ____
|
|
|
chubby checkers
|
re does 'lets do the twist'
|
|
|
eisley brothers
|
twist and shout (phil spektor f'ed this up)
|
|
|
be my baby by the ronettes. baby i love you.
|
phil spektor's wall of sound featured here.
|
|
|
ike and tina turner
|
phil spektor wanted to work with tina.
|
|
|
Van Dykes Parks
|
Lyricist for Brian Wilson
|
|
|
Fire
|
Textural Track on Brian Wilson's Smile delayed due date 1967.
|
|
|
the beatles recording sessions
|
documentation of sessions
|
|
|
recording the beatles
|
emi vaults. console centerfolds
|
|
|
tony sheridan
|
discovered beatles
|
|
|
normon smith
|
asst. to george martin
|
|
|
emi tp
|
printed logo on tp!!
|
|
|
emi heirarchy
|
tea boy- mastering- tape vault- asst.- engineer. musician- arranger- songwriter- producer.
|
|
|
geoff emrick
|
replaced george martin and normon smith
|
|
|
ken townsend
|
ADT artificial double tracking. quartz cystal oscillator sync 50 hz. replaced with variable oscillator. wobbled oscillator for chorusing effect. (timing and pitch modulation)
|
|
|
concentric turnout groove
|
used for crazy loop at the end of sgt. pepper.
|
|
|
sgt pepper
|
broke stereo into mainstream. originally mono brief run, then remixed
|
|
|
geoff emrick on sgt. pepper
|
he with assistant lush logged more hours on record than george martin
|
|
|
beatles make movie post grammy win
|
the magical mystery tour. record went to #1. pushed boundaries of adt
|
|
|
first sampling of random source done by the beatles
|
i am the walrus. tuned in local radio station performance of othello. goes from stereo to mono mix
|
|
|
ken scott
|
fill in for geoff emerick
|
|
|
chris thomas
|
george martin's asst. got job when george went on vacation. helped with writing and performances. piggies written and performed by chris.
|
|
|
white album
|
innovative album for producers. portable iso booths used on drums. close micing w/ dynamic mics. ringo's wallet on snare. dampen toms with tea towels. first on 8 track
|
|
|
get back
|
george harrison quit then returned.
|
|
|
psychedelic rock
|
cream. improv.
|
|
|
the blues breakers
|
john male. eric clapton joins this bands after quitting yardbirds
|
|
|
jack bruce
|
guitar player in cream/ lyricist
|
|
|
ginger baker
|
drummer in cream
|
|
|
tom dowd with cream
|
8 tracks. first to do overdubbing with the band. wheel of fire to follow.
|
|
|
robert stigwa
|
initial mgr. for cream
|
|
|
u47 in kick drum
|
done on cream's wheel of fire. white room
|
|
|
wah peddle
|
cly mctroy, a trumpet player had it made.
|
|
|
acid rock
|
developed in san fran
|
|
|
the byrds
|
cover bob dylan's mr. tamborine man. it goes to #1
|
|
|
lcd
|
allowed bands to do improv on stage while people were lit
|
|
|
wally hyder recording to hyde st. studios
|
american beauty recorded with here. no union engineers.
|
|
|
sunset sounds studios
|
the doors, led zeppelin, frank zappa recorded here
|
|
|
tom wilson
|
african american record producer making rock records in the 60's
|
|
|
freak out
|
frank zappa's record.
|
|
|
window edit
|
cut windows in tape as editing technique. frank zappa a master of this.
|
|
|
james brown
|
first tour opening for little richard. little richard left tour to become minister.
|
|
|
the blue flames
|
james brown's first group, put together in juvi
|
|
|
king records
|
signs james brown
|
|
|
please please please
|
first by single by james brown. chorus to verse. try me was second single
|
|
|
live in the apollo
|
live james brown record
|
|
|
i got you
|
precursor to funk
|
|
|
poppa's got a brand new band
|
1-3 progression
|
|
|
ron lenhoff
|
king staff engineer that recorded james brown
|
|
|
maceo parker
|
sax player for james brown
|
|
|
lennon collins
|
james brown think about it
|
|
|
james brown's boston concert
|
night of mlk's death. became figure in civil right's movement
|
|
|
billy cox
|
friend of jimi hendrix. bass player
|
|
|
jimi james and the blue flames
|
jimi h's first band
|
|
|
chaz chandler
|
the animals. discovers JH
|
|
|
helios desks
|
originated at olympic studios in england.
|
|
|
riff oriented rock
|
pioneered by JH
|
|
|
john stork
|
hired by jimi to turn bar into recording studio. he was cheap and had done a remodel of a nightclub
|
|
|
vcas
|
david blackmir. sleu rate- how fast an amp comes up to voltage
|
|
|
dbx 160a
|
same as old models with exception of led for vu meter
|
|
|
akg c414
|
introduced early 70s
|
|
|
80 series desks
|
modular neve desk
|
|
|
george massenberg
|
first parametric eq
|
|
|
quadraphonic
|
4 tracks or 8 tracks for surround
|
|
|
stevens 40 track
|
problems with transients and low end
|
|
|
first digital reverb
|
emt 250
|
|
|
4000B
|
ssl desk
|
|
|
studer a800
|
best in business
|
|
|
star wars
|
first to win academy award for sound (surround sound)
|
|
|
allairestudios
|
george martin's vacay studio
|
|
|
mci 3" tape mach
|
nad 32 tracks
|
|
|
neve
|
first digital console
|
|
|
miles davis
|
down tempo bee bop- cool jazz. signed to colubia records
|
|
|
john coltrane
|
stolen from polonious monk by miles davis
|
|
|
kind of blue- miles davis record
|
canibal atherly 30th st. studios. used modal jazz. most successful jazz record. first pop record. reference for engineers as to what jazz should sound like
|
|
|
orenet coleman
|
random playing- free flowing jazz
|
|
|
miles davis innovations to electrical jazz
|
effects pedals on keyboards with chick corea. fender rhodes used
|
|
|
teo mesero
|
producer for miles davis. in a silent way is record that begins modern fusion
|
|
|
sly and the family stone
|
impressed miles davis. had some of first slap bass playing. made davis want to move his band into more dance oriented sound
|
|
|
bitches brew
|
same as silent way- improv free form. then everything edited/ looped later on. much more dense. two drummers playing simultaneously. tape delay added on trumpet
|
|
|
john mclaughlin
|
guitar player on a tribute to jack johnson.
|
|
|
sexton
|
herbie hancock's album integrating synths into jazz
|
|
|
george massenberg
|
worked with earth wind and fire
|
|
|
roland vocoder
|
picked up for west coast rap movement
|
|
|
disco
|
casa blanca records georgio merodo producer nick bogart
|
|
|
nick bogart
|
discovered kiss. eddie kramer did kiss live.
|
|
|
donna summers
|
love to love you baby. 17 minute song
|
|
|
hustle
|
steve gad is legendary studio drummer on song. model for many disco songs
|
|
|
bee gees
|
signed to atlantic.
|
|
|
staying alive
|
first pop song to feature drum loop
|
|
|
donna summers
|
i feel love moog synth
|
|
|
glen johns
|
worked with led zeppelin cut album in 30 hours
|
|
|
led zeppelin
|
signed to atlantic records
|
|
|
glen johns mic tech
|
3 drum mic approach. mic above drum kit4 ft high bten sn hh. above the kick bten toms and side mic
|
|
|
beyer dynamic m150
|
bidirectional ribbon mic used on john bonham's drums. great guitar mic
|
|
|
parallel compression aka new york drum trick
|
restores high frequency content by blending compressed drum tracks with original, uncompressed tracks. reinforces sustain and mid freqs.
|
|
|
azimuth coordinator
|
panning joystick at abbey road studios
|
|
|
metal
|
last pink floyd album with norman smith
|
|
|
alan parsons
|
no compression or eq on pink floyd record
|
|
|
ems
|
vcs 3 synthesizer used in pink floyd
|
|
|
dark side of the moon
|
orignaly meant to be released in quad. gated to tape
|
|
|
chris thomas
|
mixed dark side of the moon. he added light compression to some tracks. pissed parsons off.
|
|
|
eagles greatest hits
|
best selling record in u.s.
|
|
|
bill siegmick
|
flange on the eagle's "life in the fast lane'
|
|
|
steely dan
|
goal was to craft flawless piece of music. one of the first bands who did not tour to support their album. tried to make cutting edge. electrostatic monitoring in control room.
|
|
|
roger nichols
|
(nuclear physics previously) engineer
|
|
|
al schmidt & elliot shiner
|
worked on steely dan's
|
|
|
steely dan's gaocho
|
first record to sequence drums.
|
|
|
donald fagan
|
3224 sony dash. first digital record.
|
|
|
ssl 4000e
|
comes out 1981. most popular large format analog console
|
|
|
midi
|
introduced at namm in 1981
|
|
|
synclavier
|
digital sampler
|
|
|
1984 fair use principal of intellectual property
|
sony vs. universal (betamax mach)
|
|
|
dat
|
1987
|
|
|
flying faders
|
1989
|
|
|
sire records
|
signed ramones
|
|
|
oblique strategy
|
developed by brian eno
|
