Having heard the half-speed version elsewhere, I don't believe it is correct.... It sounds like a recording of a woman or girl played too slow, which I think it is. This version, which sounds to me like a young girl, sounds right. And at this speed it is sung somewhat slowly - like a child making sure she's getting it right. Why would Scott, or any man, have sung it twice again as slowly, especially given the short duration of recording time the machine provided?
@ranslo because he wasn't concentrating on the singing or the song, but on making steady waves to examine on paper. he was watching the waves as they were being etched, which was the whole idea behind this invention, not the playback, which he had no idea or plans of doing.
if you look up edouard leon scott information, many historians believe it was in fact him singing. it is much clearer and in better tone when played at 50% of this speed, and sounds like a man singing. quite possible that the playback of his recording wouldn't work perfectly as it is the first ever in history!
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MichaelSarkizzian 6 months ago 4
if the guy who recorded that knew you could buy a microphone on the internet for less than a fiver now a days his brain would explode
murdock2k8 9 months ago
that is freakin' awesome
LennonForever38 1 year ago
is it true that Edison tried to playback some of them but ruined them instead
robbo4life 1 year ago
edison was not the first who recorded sound, but he was the one who first reproduced it
rweerakkody4565 1 year ago
Having heard the half-speed version elsewhere, I don't believe it is correct.... It sounds like a recording of a woman or girl played too slow, which I think it is. This version, which sounds to me like a young girl, sounds right. And at this speed it is sung somewhat slowly - like a child making sure she's getting it right. Why would Scott, or any man, have sung it twice again as slowly, especially given the short duration of recording time the machine provided?
ranslo 1 year ago 11
@ranslo because he wasn't concentrating on the singing or the song, but on making steady waves to examine on paper. he was watching the waves as they were being etched, which was the whole idea behind this invention, not the playback, which he had no idea or plans of doing.
SEANFIR 1 year ago
It turns out that this is at the wrong speed and is actually a man's voice, probably Edouard-Leon Scott himself.
spectralmusic 1 year ago
if you look up edouard leon scott information, many historians believe it was in fact him singing. it is much clearer and in better tone when played at 50% of this speed, and sounds like a man singing. quite possible that the playback of his recording wouldn't work perfectly as it is the first ever in history!
thevuduchild 1 year ago
yeah..kinda eerie....
Orangekissin 2 years ago
eerie, definetly, but beautifully preserved. its amazing that we can hear a woman's voice from 149 years ago.
animekitten789 2 years ago 2
Amazing. I always reconed years ago a phonautograph pattern should be able to be extracted with modern lazars, optics & computers. & now it has!
danielgosson 2 years ago 2