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7 Comments to "Pre-Edison Sound Recording"
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DrJones
March 27th, 2008 at
12:12 pm
What is ‘twnty?’
I often feel funny when I comment on errors…I wonder if there is a system Neato can adopt that allows for a more private notification of errors, such as a PM or something? I hate for the site/posts to be marred by the distraction of simple errors; I always keep the best interests of the site in mind!
Great post! Keep up the good work!
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oakling
March 27th, 2008 at
1:10 pm
that is so awesome! it’s almost like listening to a ghost.
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avraamov
March 27th, 2008 at
3:40 pm
scott was a typesetter, who was trying to invent a machine which ‘wrote down’ language as it was being spoken, in its natural form - it was all about stenography rather than phonography.
there was a lot of wrangling going on at the time about whether or not the squiggles on phonographs were actually a written language (in germany, a court ruled that they indeed were, and so subject to similar copyright laws). it’s nice that we can get sound out of these inscriptions (i wonder if anyone will try it with a manometric flame capsule photograph), but it still doesn’t really detract from what edison did, or pre-date him in any practical sense. -
emptyminded
March 27th, 2008 at
5:32 pm
I agree. Edison stands firmly in that he accomplished his goal in his own time period.
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Namowal
March 28th, 2008 at
10:27 am
I thought the same thing as oakling did- it is like listening to a ghost. Creepy cool!
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Jacques
March 28th, 2008 at
1:22 pm
anyone ever notice that it’s always frenchmen who seem to predate the american invention?
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Jacques
March 28th, 2008 at
1:22 pm
BTW, I agree that it is incredibly creepy and cool.
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