8 Milestones of Recording

How do you think these technological advances affected filmmaking? Which 3 of these advances do you think are the most important to video and film? Why?

Technological advances allowed audio to be captured clearer, more aspects to be manipulated in post production, and production of audio to be more efficient. For example, the gramophone was one of the first devices to capture audio. Compared to the phonograph which was inefficient due to the cylinder shape of the audio recording, the gramophone was in a disk shape, making it easier to be stored. Another significant technological advancement was the Multitrack Recording. This allowed multiple tracks to be layered on top of one another which meant vocals and instrumentals were now able to be recorded separately. This way, a mistake in one part did not force the rest of the band to restart all over again. One of the more recent technological advancement in audio is the Dolby B system. This system was introduced as a result of the hiss noise from the casette recording. With the Dolby B technology, the efficiency of the casette tape and clear audio was able to coexist.