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The History of Sound 7
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1976 EMT produces the first digital reverberation unit as its Model 250. That same year Ampex introduces 456 high-output mastering tape.
1976 Integrated circuits begin to appear in consoles and recorders. Automation becoming common.
1976 The VHS video cassettes was introduced to the market place.
1976 to 1977 Thomas Stokham develops the Sound stream digital multi-track recorder for rentals.
1976 to 1980 Fairlight CM series synthesizers and samplers. LEF Dr. Stockham of Sound stream makes the first 16-bit digital recording in the U.S. at the Santa Fe Opera.
1977 3M and Denon introduced digital-multitrack automation for the masses including the MCI JH-50. The Tascam 80-8demo studio becomes reality.
1977 Rupert Neve discovers Geoff Emerick can hear 54kHz.
1978 Sony introduces PCM 1600 Digital Processor for PCM recording with U-Matic VTR that shows prototypes for digital multitrack and digital mixer.
1978 Wollensak makes last open reel recorder marks the end of the amateur reel-to-reel era.
1978 The age of cassette begins.
1978 Barry Blesser's landmark paper in AES journal on digitization of audio.
1978 to 1979 The great consoles; Rupert Neve builds Montserrat consoles for Air studios and George Martin a 100 kHz+ bandwidth.
1978 Telarc records releases first widely distributed digitally recorded LP Cleveland Orchestra winds.
1978 MCI shows new format for 32 Track analogue 3" tape moving at 20 ips.
1978 The first EIAJ standard for the use of 14-bit PCM adaptors with VCR decks is embodied in Sony's PCM-1 consumer VCR adaptor.
1978 A patent is issued to Blackmer for an adaptive filter (the basis of dbx Types I and II noise reduction.
1979 3M introduces the metal-particle cassette tape. Metal tapes for cassettes First metion of cassettes as a potential mastering format.
1979 Dolby HX. and Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb.
1979 Otari introduces MTR-90 as Ampex falters and the age of American multitracks began to decline on the market.
1979 3M begins selling 32 track digital recorders, plans to work on digital console; still advertising M79 after seven years.
1979 SSL 4000 E series introduced and ends Neve dominance of high end console market.
1979 MCI introduces 600 series automated consoles the TEAC Portastudio multitrack for the consumers.
1979 EIAJ set standards for PCM recording that brought about inexpensive digital to the consumer VCR's also Field recordists begin working with digital.
1980 Sony began selling 3324 digital multitrack and DASH format opposes the 50kHz sampling rate used by Sound stream and 3M.
1980 SSL Total Recall revolutionizes automated mixing LEF 3M, Mitsubishi, Sony and Studer each introduces a multitrack digital recorder.
1980 EMT introduces its Model 450 hard-disk digital recorder and Sony brought out palm-sized stereo cassette tape given the name; "Walkman."
1981 Mitsubishi introduces digital multi-tracks and the Japanese domination of new medium was assured, despite the format war.
1981 3M was no longer a market force, leading audiophile engineers declare war against digital as acquisition system.
1981 Doug sax decries the loss of low level information, loss of ambience and echo, lack of air, loss of 22kHz-40kHz information and hence, the last of Montserrat series consoles from Neve.
1981 Dolby C. Q lock brought out the timecode to audio studios. and the New England Digital Synclavier Digital Music System.
1981 Ampex introduce model 124 multitrack and ATR-800 broadcast recorder was last models to be launched.
1981 Fostex joins Portastudio fray in 8 and 16 track formats and Philips demonstrates their new Compact Disc (CD).
1981 the MIDI system is standardised as the universal synthesizer interface. IBM introduces a 16-bit personal computer.
1982 Philips and Sony introduce compact disc in late 1982 to the buying public and the American dominance of formats is ended, that same year, Sony acquires MCI.
1982 Mitsubishi accepts the 48kHz/44.1kHz sampling rate and Neve introduces the multichannel DSP and DPM mastering consoles, the first commercial digital mixing consoles MIDI.
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1982 Sony F-1 processor brought the digital within reach of small studios and location recordists and Pros jump on consumer format at the same time as consumer format which became a flop years later as does the R-DAT.
1982 Sony was on the scene again this time with the PCM-F1 which was intended for the consumer market presented as the first 14- and 16-bit digital adaptor for VCR's that was eagerly snapped up by professionals, sparking the digital revolution in recording equipment.
1982 No stopping Sony releases the first CD player, the Model CDP-101.
1983 BT's Fibre-optic cable is used for long-distance digital audio transmission in linking New York and Washington.
1983 Ampex withdraws from audio tape recorder market.
1984 Gotham audio demonstrates ten track hard disc recording system and Neve finally delivers DSP console to BBC/ end of push for digital consoles.
1984 The Apple Corporation market the Macintosh computer and in that same year sales of the recorded compact cassettes (audio cassettes) exceeded LP record sales for the first time.
