Archive for April 4th, 2008
Daily Archive
Friday, April 4th, 2008
Grad Mixes It Up At Hard Rock Vegas
Nick Simonds has taken the express elevator to the top of his career. He graduated in March of 2006 and moved on to his internship then ended up at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas where he currently holds the position as Front of House Audio Engineer. In the two short years Nick has [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Grad Spotlight by AudioBlogger
Friday, April 4th, 2008
Oldest Recording Unveiled, Pre-dates Edison
photo caption: Scott’s Phonautograph
Edison has been known as the father of recorded sound since 1877, but Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a French type-setter and tinkerer recorded a woman singing the folk song “Au Clair de la Lune” some 17 years earlier than Edison. The difference is that Scott’s device, the Phonautograph, could not play back [...]
