How was music first stored?

Question

I'm thinking it's a record...

Answer 1

It was a tube created by Thomas Edison, then 78s.

Answer 2

First was a waxed cylinder (the shape of outside of a can). Just ask Thomas Al Edison. Then came records. First older 76 speed plastic, then vinyl records and t ape, 8 track, cassette tape, CD,,

Answer 3

Somehow a sine wave gets turned in to DC in the sound card.I can think of a way of doing this.The 'pulses of DC' sine wave is then temporally stored in a memory location in the same sound card.The number of DC parts that the sine wave is broken up in to is a function of,or a switch in the sound card.I can think of a way to have the DC over time.The varying voltages problem could be solved if I could save varying voltages of DC in the memory.Every bit of sound is in a memory location with a time and a voltage value.The sine wave is broken up in to time voltage bits.The more time voltage bits the higher the fidelity,so I have to have a very high frequency--lots of bits.The sine wave is actually recorded in to the memory.The resolution or fidelity depends on how small the bits are.When I play the sine wave back I am playing the varying DC digital sound in time.To the sound card or CD player it does not make any difference how many bits per second that I playback at.It is just playing the wave.The sine wave that I hear with my ears is actually varying DC over time.

Answer 4

your right it was a record

Answer 5

records

Answer 6

wax cylinders! Check out this website on early phonographs.

http://www.tinfoil.com/tinfoil.htm

Answer 7

For some reason i thought your question was "How were musicians first stoned?"

Hmnn to answer that far more interesting question... i dont know.

Answer 8

waxed cylider

Answer 9

sheet music *grins*

Answer 10

yeh, then it evolved into a-track, the cassete, then cd, and into today.