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What's new?
On Friday May 29, at the Association for Recorded Sound Collections in Washington DC, Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni announced significant new developments in our understanding of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville’s pioneering work on sound recording. New sounds from his phonautograms–and revised interpretations of previously heard recordings–are now available online, and you can also listen to the audio of their presentations.
About First Sounds
First Sounds is an informal collaborative of audio historians, recording engineers, sound archivists, scientists, other individuals, and organizations who aim to make mankind's earliest sound recordings available to all people for all time. Read more »
Learn more about what First Sounds has achieved:
- First Sounds' research featured on page 1 of the March 27 New York Times
- Listen to the World's Oldest sound
- First Sounds featured on March 27 edition of NPR's All Things Considered
- Read press release about international debut of Scott phonautograms