Dj Equipment
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Disc Jockey Equipment
Disc Jockeys or DJs for short play a selection of music that are pre-recorded from
different musicians to their audience. In order for DJs to play music, DJs would use
equipment to playback the music in which the audience would hear from. The types of DJ
Equipment used are turntables, DJ mixers, crossfaders, amplifiers, speakers, Serato live software
with Serato Control, and Rane hardware, eventually this would create a sound system that DJs
would use. The content of this paper will research DJ Equipment, the changes it brings, and
the impact on life within this country.
Present day DJ equipment would not be the way it is today without the invention of
Thomas Edison’s Phonograph. According the chapter An Accident located in the book Thomas
Edison by Greg Linder (1999); the Phonograph was invented in 1877. The Phonograph was a
cylinder machine that was able to record and playback sound. After the Phonograph was
invented, a new and improve Phonograph was invented but this time it would play discs. This
new Phonograph was based on Thomas Edison’s original phonograph. The disc Phonograph was
able to allow individuals to record their own voices, sound, or music.
The invention that came after the Phonograph was called the Graphophone patented by
Alexander Bell. The Graphophone would be similar to the phonograph but it would use wax
cylinders. The wax cylinders could be played many times but each of the cylinders would have
to record separate. This made it really hard to record and reproduces the same sounds. As
technology change, so did the Graphophone. After the creation of the Graphophone there was
another invention created called the Gramophone. According to the article Emile Berliner – The
History of the Gramophone written by the author Mary Bellis (1997c), in 1887 Emile Berliner
Disc Jockey Equipment 2
invents
Disc Jockey Equipment
Disc Jockeys or DJs for short play a selection of music that are pre-recorded from
different musicians to their audience. In order for DJs to play music, DJs would use
equipment to playback the music in which the audience would hear from. The types of DJ
Equipment used are turntables, DJ mixers, crossfaders, amplifiers, speakers, Serato live software
with Serato Control, and Rane hardware, eventually this would create a sound system that DJs
would use. The content of this paper will research DJ Equipment, the changes it brings, and
the impact on life within this country.
Present day DJ equipment would not be the way it is today without the invention of
Thomas Edison’s Phonograph. According the chapter An Accident located in the book Thomas
Edison by Greg Linder (1999); the Phonograph was invented in 1877. The Phonograph was a
cylinder machine that was able to record and playback sound. After the Phonograph was
invented, a new and improve Phonograph was invented but this time it would play discs. This
new Phonograph was based on Thomas Edison’s original phonograph. The disc Phonograph was
able to allow individuals to record their own voices, sound, or music.
The invention that came after the Phonograph was called the Graphophone patented by
Alexander Bell. The Graphophone would be similar to the phonograph but it would use wax
cylinders. The wax cylinders could be played many times but each of the cylinders would have
to record separate. This made it really hard to record and reproduces the same sounds. As
technology change, so did the Graphophone. After the creation of the Graphophone there was
another invention created called the Gramophone. According to the article Emile Berliner – The
History of the Gramophone written by the author Mary Bellis (1997c), in 1887 Emile Berliner
Disc Jockey Equipment 2
invents
References: Greg Linder. (1999). An Accident. In a Photo-Illustrated Biography (Ed.), Thomas Edison (pp. 17) Mankato, Minn. Capstone Press Inc. David Lander. (2008). Technology Makes Music. From American Heritage.com http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1990/1/1990_1_56.shtml Rick Jeffs Stephen L.W. Greene. (originally published in Mass Comm Review, February, 1991). Who said Lee de Forest was the “Father of Radio”? http://www.geocities.com/lyon95065/Radio.html Serato Audio Research Mary Bellis. (1997b). The History of the Edison Disc Phonograph. From About.com. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledisondiscphpgraph2.htm Mary Bellis Mary Bellis. (1997d). The History of Loudspeakers – Speakers. From About.com. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blloudspeaker.htm Mary Bellis (1997e) Rob Wegner. (2003). DJ History: The First-Wave of Club DJ Growth, 1943-1969. From Disc Jockey 101. http://www.discjockey101.com/jan2003.html