First Digital Audio Tape
Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987. Digital Audio Tape (DAT) employs […]
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DX7 – The First digital synthesizer
The Yamaha DX7, appearing in 1983, broke new ground by making digital synthesis commercially viable. Its use of FM synthesis
First commercial VoIP Service
The mid-1990s marked the beginning of commercial VoIP with the release of VocalTec’s Internet Phone, which allowed for computer-to-computer calls. This was
The first MP3 player
MP3, or MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer III, is a lossy audio compression format designed to reduce the data required for digital
First digital audio workstation (DAW) software
Avid Audio and Steinberg released the first digital audio workstation software programs in 1989. Digital audio workstations make multitrack recording and mixing much easier
Waveform Audio File Format
The WAV file is an instance of a Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) defined by IBM and Microsoft.[3] The RIFF format acts as a wrapper for various audio coding
First CMOS PCM
The first single-chip CMOS PCM codec with integrated filters was developed by David A. Hodges and W.C. Black in 1980. This silicon-gate
First PCM Recorder
NHK developed the first mono PCM recorder with 30kHz/12bit converter and video tape recording at its research centre in 1967.
