26K views · 268 reactions | The first known voice recording was made by the French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville in on April 9, 1860. An excerpt of the popular French folk song 'Au Claire de la Lune' was recorded on Scott de Martinville's invention called 'phonautograph' in the form of lines that were drawn by a stylus on a paper covered in soot. This recording has been preserved at the French Academy of Sciences since 1861.RFI went to see and hear it. | RFI English | Facebook

2.1K views · 19 reactions | Thomas Edison invented the first recording device back in 1877 and was the first person ever to record his own voice and play it back. His groundbreaking innovation paved the way for modern audio recording. Stay tuned as we go back in time to revisit the most important milestones in the world of audio.  #thomasedison #invention #history #backinthedays #musicproduction | iZotope | Facebook