PHONOGRAPH; The phonograph was perfected by Thomas Edison in 1878. The phonograph is a cylinder that is covered in wax.

Then the pressure from the artist that is recording on the other end of the cone, then makes its way down the funnel to where the pressure builds up so much at the bottom, the stylus etches grooves into the wax cylinder. Here, the depth of the grooves depend on the different frequencies that come from the artists on the other end of the cone. The phonograph was perfected by Thomas Edison in 1878. The phonograph is a cylinder that is covered in wax. Then the pressure from the artist that is recording on the other end of the cone, then makes its way down the funnel to where the pressure builds up so much at the bottom, the stylus etches grooves into the wax cylinder. Here, the depth of the grooves depend on the different frequencies that come from the artists on the other end of the cone. Reel-to-Reel, Magnetic Tape; It was first made in Germany in the mid-1930s. How it Works: The supply reel containing the tape is mounted on a spindle; the end of the tape is manually pulled out of the reel, threaded through mechanical guides and a tape head assembly, it is then attached by friction to the hub of a second empty reel. Vinyl; The vinyl record is a 12 inch circler plastic disc. This was invented by Peter Goldmark. The audio is reordered using microphones and scratched into the the vinyl record. To play a vinyl record you would need a vinyl player. The vinyl sits on a rotating wheel and a needle goes over the ridges on the vinyl disc. Vinyl is still bought today as the quality of the sound is still conceded the best, better than CD and digital formats. Compact Cassette; The compact cassette was introduced in 1963 by the company Philips. It is a magnate tape recording format for audio recording and playback. The tape contains tiny magnates that react with larger electro magnates from the tape player. 8 Track (Stereo-8); 8 Track is a magnetic tape sound recording technology. It was popular in the States from the mid-1960s through to the early 1980s, but was relatively unknown in many European countries. It was, however very

popular in the United Kingdom during this period, but never really caught on. 8 track was created in 1965. COMPACT CD; Short for CD, was used to store digital data. The format was originally made to store and play back sound recordings, soon after it was adapted to store data. Other formats were further resulting from these, such as write once audio and data storage known as (CD-R), rewritable media known as (CD-RW), video compact disc known as (VCD), super video compact disc known as (SVCD), photo cd, picture cd, cd-I, and enchanced music cd, audio cds and audio cd players had been avaliable since october 1982. Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 millimetres (4.7 in) and can hold up to 80 minutes of uncompressed audio or 700.

Digital audio interchange is used for storing sound data for pc, and other electronic audio devices. The format was developed by Apple computer in 1988. Standard AIFF is a leading format. SDII and WAV used by profession level audio and video applications citation needed. The better known lossy mp3 format, it is uncompressed. Digital audio tape is a signal recording and playback medium developed by sony and introduced in 1987. Similar to compact cassette, the recording is digital rather than analog. DAT has the ability to record at higher, equal or lower sampling rates than a cd. Like most formats of videocassette, a DAT cassette is only able to record and played in one direction. The mini disc was first introduced in 1991 and invented by Sony. The mini disc worked on the same principle as the compact disc but the mini disc made it easier to travel with. The first mini disc to be released was in the US and it was MTV Unplugged by Mariah Carey. The mini disc never really caught on because it wasnt needed and MP3s filled the space. Pono is a proposed music download-service, and audio-format, developed and created by Neil young. In September 2012, Young appeared on the Late show with david letterman with a working prototype of the player.The "Big Three" record labels, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony music entertainment. have reportedly all agreed to remaster their music catalogs for the device. Commentators have described Pono as a potential competitor to iTunes.