Listen "Early Sounds"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode we go back to the basics, exploring the origins of sound recording. Delving into the groundbreaking work of early pioneers like Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, who captured sound waves with his phonautograph in the 1850s, years before Thomas Edison’s phonograph.
We also listen to an early commercial recording of Emile Berliner, and revisit one of the songs played as the Titanic sank, among other things.
We also listen to an early commercial recording of Emile Berliner, and revisit one of the songs played as the Titanic sank, among other things.
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