History of mp3

Sound History

MP3 History
1877 : Thomas Edison invents sound recording
1870's
1st recording experiments
1887 : Research related to recording on plate discs in Germany
1888 : Edison introduces an electric motor driven phonograph
1880's
1901 : Experimental optical recordings are made on motion picture films
1900's
1910's
1st commercial radio broadcasts
1920's
Experiments in stereophony for the movies
(method of sound reproduction using 2 or more audio channels)
1930's
Primary sound systems that could record and reproduce hi-fi stereophonic sound
1940 : 1st movie commercially released with a stereo soundtrack (Walt Disney's Fantasia)
1946 : 1st vinyl record disc patented in the USA
1948 : 1st commercially available tape recorders in the late 1940s in Germany
1940's
First stereo discs recordings and beginning of "personal music devices"
1954 : transistor introduction
1950's
Audio cassette introduction and sound quality improvements
1963 : compact audio cassette introduced by Philips
1966 : Dolby noise reduction systems
1960's
Digital recordings and walkman introduction
1971 : 1st digital recordings released in Japan
1978 : Sony introduces the Walkman, the 1st portable stereo
1970's
Development of basic principles for perceptual audio coding
1970 : Prof. Dieter Seitzer of Erlangen-Nuremberg University in Germany begins wrestling with the problem of compressing music to be carried over phone lines
1979 : Professor Seitzer develops the 1st digital signal processor capable of audio compression
Compact disc era and 1st audio compression
1982 : CD (compact disc) is introduced by Sony - 1st Album released.
1983 : world's first commercial broadcast automation audio compression system
1988 : CD outsell vinyls discs for the 1st time
1980's
Research alliances allow to invent a MPEG codec
1987 : The Fraunhofer Institut in Germany began research code-named EUREKA project EU147, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB).
1989 : Precursor of mp3 : OCF = Optimum Coding in (the) Frequency Domain algorithm.
From CD to DVD
1992 : Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for recorded music.
1997 : DVD video disc introduction
1990's
MP3 standardization and industry application
1991 : MPEG* and ISO* conclude a 1st compression standard called MPEG 1 for use in video CD
1992 : MPEG1-Layer 3 became the reference
1998 : 1st device applicability of mp3 in South Korea (MPMAN of Saehan Information Systems) and US (RIO of Diamond Multimedia)
Digital music phenomenon: podcast, streaming music, downloads, online platforms…
2001 : 1st iPod introduction
2000's
Mp3 Everywhere – worldwide adoption
2009 : Introduction of mp3HD – lossless audio format
2010 : over 1 in 4 albums bought in the USA are digital albums (Futuresource 2010)

*MPEG : moving picture experts group, *ISO : international standard organization