The Evolution of Song Storage

The Evolution of Song Storage Since the turn of the 20th century, we've seen recorded music stored in different formats and technologies. Take a look at the timeline below! Piano rolls A piano roll is a continuous roll of paper with holes punched into it. The perforations represent note control data. The roll moves over a reading system known as a 'tracker bar' and the playing cycle for each musical note is triggered when a perforation crosses the bar and is read. 1896 Gramophone-record... An analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. Phonograph records are generally described by their diameter in inches (12-inch, 10-inch, 7-inch, etc.). 1950 Cassette Tape The mass production of compact audio cassettes began in 1964 in Hanover, Germany. Prerecorded music cassettes (also known as Musicassettes; M.C. for short) were launched in Europe in late 1965. The Mercury Record Company, a U.S. affiliate of Philips, introduced M.C. to the U.S. in July 1966. 1964 Compact.Dises D-C60 1983 On March 2, 1983 CD players and discs were released in the USA and MP3 & iPod other markets. This event is often seen as the "Big Bang" of the digital audio revolution. The new audio disc 2001 was enthusiastically received, especially in the early-adopting classical music and audiophile communities. The MP3 file format was approved by an audio consortium as a file format in 1993. The iPod MP3 player was announced by Apple on October 23, 2001, and released on November 10, 2001. The Cloud The shift has gone from tangible media such as the compact disc towards getting full access to an entire library of music - literally millions of songs, that aren't bound by just "Gigabytes" of space. Pandora, iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and even Grooveshark are taking the our music consumption to the cloud! Present Presented by Oxiom HOME THEAT ERS