Recording Technology
- Earliest sound recording
- “Earliest known sound recordings revealed” (US News, 6/1/2009)
- “What was the first sound ever recorded by a machine” (Time, 5/1/2018)
- Edison’s phonograph
- tinfoil recording demonstration
- History of the Cylinder Phonograph (Library of Congress)
- Edison’s oldest recordings (1878)
- Berliner’s gramophone
- “The Gramophone” (in LOC Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry)
- Record disc formats
- Recording technologies (Prof. Craig)
- Timeline of audio formats (Wikipedia)
- Early Recorded Sound (tinfoil.com); Early recording sessions; Early wax cylinder recordings
- Cylinder recordings: A Primer (UCSB)
- Ampex tape recorder virtual museum photos (see Model 200-A 2-track head block, and Model MM-1200 24-track headstack and top view)
- Recording mixers
- Online audio engineering course
- BBC: The Story of Sound Recording
Synthesizers and Drum Machines
- Vintage Synth Explorer
- Virtual Drum Machine
- Virtual Drum Set
- Virtual Drum Set (with programming)
Acoustics and Sampling
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Digital sampling explained
- Ensoniq Mirage (1984) demo
- Stevie Wonder demo, Season 2 Episode 18 – A Touch of Wonder #3 (1986)
Misc.