A Master's Voice: Emile Berliner

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Emil Berliner was a German-American inventor. and best known for inventing the lateral-cut flat disc record ... he made important contributions to telephone technology was attracted to aeronautics, he also designed a lightweight internal-combustion motor that became a widely imitated prototype for aircraft.
but that's not where the story starts .....

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@GereDJ2 3 ай бұрын

Berliner invented,...ready? The microphone, the Gramophone, the flat disc record, the process of pressing, mastering and mothering the disc record, improving Bell's telephone and sound recording in general and much more. I used to work for his grandson, Oliver, a very smart guy in his own right.

@Kennephone 6 ай бұрын

Emile's grandson Oliver is still alive, he's in his 90s.

@shanedickens3420 4 ай бұрын

Emile’s great-great-grandson here!

@Wolfganger Ай бұрын

@@shanedickens3420Please. You’re not impressing anyone by lying.

@shanedickens3420 Ай бұрын

Exactly. There’s nothing impressive about it. So why would I lie?

@joshkleingeld116 Жыл бұрын

first comment woooot great vid filled some gaps in my h.m.v fact file more please

@seanscally2099 Жыл бұрын

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@jamesslick4790 8 ай бұрын

That he died at age 78 is wild. Good thing "LPs" weren't a "thing" he'd have died at 33.3333333333! 😜

@bailydenhouten1072 8 ай бұрын

Why such hate for Edison? Congrats, you've joined the sheep. Edison himself had thought of the disc record even before Berliner. Should we say the the disc record was merely "credited" to Berliner? No! Because Berliner made it PRACTICAL. Edison believed there were too many flaws in the idea for it to be used, and he was wrong, because he was a man. Edison was not merely "credited" with the invention of the phonograph, he did invent it. Martinville did invent the phonautograph. It was made to simply see sound waves, not play them back. And it's not impossible that Edison knew of this and thought perhaps Martinville missed something. And what's wrong with that? Genuinely what? Because Martinville never intended for the phonautograph to reproduce sound. If Edison had not picked up where Martinville left off, we wouldn't have the ability to play back recorded sound. Stop hating Edison. He was a man with many limitations, but without him our modern world would not be what it is technology wise.

@seanscally2099 8 ай бұрын

this story is definitely Berliner - centric and was indented to be .. however no one is hating on Edison ... but both men were genius interested in their own fame and their egos led to much petty litigation in an effort to monopolize on a new technology .... Patents were particularly important during the so-called Golden Age of Invention (1870 to 1940), and they would use the courts to stall each others ability to capitalize on royalties Edison had many rivals ... including Berliner .... Edison was fixed on the Wax cylinder .. Berliner's real breakthrough was figuring out how to create a sturdy master disc from which copies could be made.... Berliner was no saint ... nor was Edison .. they both lost interest in the sound recording technology and moved on to other things .. to all our benefit

@jamesslick4790 8 ай бұрын

Why such hate for Edison? Because we was an idea stealing patent hoarder and general all around Jagoff. (A fine Chicago & Pittsburgh term..) Edison DID invent the reproducing phonograph (even if he DID not invent a host of OTHER shit he patented...)But it was Berliner's format that "stuck", because it was clearly better for not only record makers, but consumers. ALSO, I'm not "sheep" Tesla gets WAY MORE credit for shit he never did as well. (Westinghouse was the actual "hero" in "The War of the Currents", using CREDITED inventions of many European and American inventors).

@chrislowe1267 7 ай бұрын

The edison Diamond Disc is a much better format and had a long format version that is fantastic. But people prefer to get the cheapest version.

@jamesslick4790 7 ай бұрын

@@chrislowe1267 The Diamond Disc MAY have been a better format (hill and dale VS lateral grooves) But Edison was like Apple and did not license others to use the format. This limited the artists and songs available in the format. All was not lost on the concept, however. A combination of hill and dale AND lateral cutting is how we got stereo LP records.

@seanscally2099 7 ай бұрын

I agree ... I have a beautiful Edison DD C250 ... and it works and sounds awesome ..@@chrislowe1267

@dylanwickware Жыл бұрын

chop this up into Tik Toks

@jamesslick4790 8 ай бұрын

I have always thought the word "phonograph" should refer to the RECORDS, not the recorder or reproducer. After all a "record" made by a camera is a "photograph". In this context any audio recording in any format should be a "phonograph". But I'm weird when it comes to words, LOL! I did somehow manage to raise an English teacher.