RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Multitrack Recording, Jack Mullin, Compact Cassette
28 Aug 2016
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People want 1) quality/fidelity 2) convenience 3) low cost. A social instrument every family had one, could play. Player pianos were rolls of paper with holes that played keys. 1920- the last year that sheet music outsold records. Invented by thomas edison needle on wax paper captures vibrations of speech. Put wax paper on mouthpiece and pulled it through heard mhall. This is why songs are 3:30 minutes. Needle side to side can mass produce by stamping. Nipper the dog on his owner"s coffin . Crooner sound develops (rudy vallee, bing crosby) First recording stars: jolson (jazz), caruson (opera) Starred jolson; jewish guy who runs off to pursue jazz career. Immigrant experience; chooses broadway over dad"s funeral thing. Gives up ethnic roots to become hollywood star. Eliminate the cost of live orchestras in theatre (commercial) Uniform audience experience (creative/ego) (poor theaters only had piano player vs. full orchestra) Put sound directly on film (optical sound)
