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2. 1877: Thomas Alva Edison recovered Mary's Little Lamb from tinfoil wrapped around a spinning cylinder. 1878: The first music is put on record. 1881: Clement Ader, invented in electrical-communications included a microphone and a public-address device. 1887: A flat-disc gramophone made the production of multiple copies practical. 1888: Edison introduces an electric motor-driven phonograph. 1895: Wireless telegraphy system leads to the first transatlantic signals. 1898: Valdemar Poulsen patents his "Telegraphone," recording magnetically on steel wire. 1901: The Victor Talking Machine Company is founded. 1901: Experimental optical recordings are made on motion picture film. 1963: Philips introduces the Compact Cassette tape format.

3. 1963: Sunn Electronics build the first large full-range sound system for music concert tour. 1965: The Dolby Type A noise reduction system is introduced. 1965: Eltro (Germany) makes a pitch/tempo shifter. 1967:The first operational amplifiers are used in professional audio equipment. 1991:Apple debuts the "QuickTime" multimedia format. 1995: The first "solid-state" audio recorder is introduced. 1995: Iomega debuts high-capacity "Jaz" and "Zip" drives. 1996: Record labels begin to add multimedia files to new releases, calling them "enhanced CDs." 1997: DVD videodiscs and players are introduced. 1998: MP-3 players for downloaded Internet audio appear.

4. SourceSource http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/ audio.history.timeline.html http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/h argrave/ader.html http://museumofmagneticsoundr ecording.org/MOMSRCalenda r1.html