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The corporate logo of Soundstream, Inc.
The corporate logo of Soundstream, Inc.

Soundstream Inc. was founded in 1975 in Salt Lake City, Utah by Dr. Thomas G. Stockham, Jr. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Thomas Greenway Stockham ( December 22, 1933 &ndash January 6, 2004) was an American scientist who developed the first practical Digital It was the world’s first digital audio recording company, providing commercial services for recording and computer-based editing (Easton 1976). Digital audio uses Digital signals for Sound reproduction. This includes analog-to-digital conversion, digital-to-analog conversion, storage

In 1976, Soundstream made the first live digital recording of an orchestra using its prototype two-channel recorder (LA Times 2004). Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Soundstream’s first commercially released recording (popular music on the Orinda label) in 1977 was a month shy of the world’s first digitally recorded commercial release. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays For the ensuing three years, 50% of all classical music recorded digitally used Soundstream equipment.

The Soundstream tape recorder consisted of a Honeywell instrumentation transport for 1" reel-to-reel tape, and analog and digital circuitry designed and built by Soundstream. Honeywell ( is a major American multinational conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products engineering services and aerospace systems A transport is a device that handles a particular physical storage medium (such as Magnetic tape, Audio CD, CD-R, or other type of recordable media itself Analogue electronics (or analog in American English) are those electronic systems with a continuously Variable signal A digital system uses discrete (discontinuous values usually but not always Symbolized Numerically (hence called "digital" to represent information for In 1977 the company developed a four-channel recorder, with 16 bit converters operating at 50 kHz (unlike competitors JVC and Sony, which sampled at 44. ( usually referred to as JVC, is an International consumer and professional electronics Corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with 1 kHz). In some instances two four-channel devices were ganged to a single transport, providing eight-channel recording. The signal-to-noise ratio exceeded 90 dB, with total harmonic distortion as low as –92 dB. Signal-to-noise ratio (often abbreviated SNR or S/N) is an Electrical engineering concept also used in other fields (such as scientific Measurements The total harmonic distortion, or THD, of a signal is a measurement of the Harmonic distortion present and is defined as the ratio of the sum of the powers The frequency response was flat from 0 Hz to 22 kHz. Frequency response is the measure of any system's spectrum response at the output to a signal of varying Frequency (but constant amplitude at its input Wow and flutter were unmeasurable. Editing could be performed at sample accuracy (i. e. , 1/50,000 of a second); any mixing was performed digitally.

Unlike its competitors, Soundstream's analog circuitry was transformerless, permitting a frequency response to 0 (DC). This accounted for the ‘bass drum heard round the world’ review of the 1978 Telarc recording of the Cleveland Symphonic Winds (World Book 1978, Eddy 2005). Telarc International Corporation is an Independent record label, based in Cleveland Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically Soundstream collaborated with Telarc for several years, producing legendary symphonic recordings; the earliest ones are chronicled in (Renner 1992).

The care with which Telarc selected and used its microphones and audio console, combined with the Soundstream recorder, created a gold standard for audiophile recording. An audiophile, from Latin audio "I hear" and Greek philos "loving" is an audio reproduction enthusiast who typically listens Telarc has re-released many of its original Soundstream recordings in SACD format, with a DSD-equivalent sampling rate of 50 kHz.

Soundstream recordings made before the advent of the CD were released as high-quality vinyl LP albums. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio A gramophone Despite analog playback, many of these releases were sufficiently impressive to gain an early acceptance for digital audio (Ranada 1980, BM/E 1977). The recording industry’s transition to digital was further facilitated by the many demonstrations given by Dr. Stockham, whose articulate explanations of digital audio theory and practice were renowned (Stockham 1971b, Stockham 1977).

Soundstream provided world-wide on-location recording services to Telarc, Delos, RCA, Philips, Vanguard, Varese-Sarabande, Angel, Warner Brothers, CBS, Decca, Chalfont, and other labels. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ( Royal Philips Electronics Inc. Vanguard Records is a Record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. Varèse Sarabande is a Record label which specializes in Film scores and original cast recordings. Angel Records is a Record label belonging to EMI. It was formed in 1953 and specialised in classical music, but included an occasional operetta or Broadway Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. It also leased or sold some recorders (a total of 18 were manufactured). Although most recordings were of classical music, the range included country, rock, jazz, pop, and avant-garde. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Avant-garde music is a subjective term that can be used in different ways

Soundstream’s digital editing system was the first instance of a computer used to edit commercial recordings. It consisted of a Digital Equipment PDP 11/60 computer, Soundstream’s interface to transfer data between its recorder and the computer’s disks, digital-to-analog playback hardware, and editing software. Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the Computer industry The PDP-11 was a series of 16-bit Minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corp For all intents and purposes, this system was the very first digital audio workstation. A digital audio workstation (DAW is an electronic system designed to record, edit and play back digital audio In addition to its own facility, Soundstream installed editing systems at Paramount Pictures (Hollywood), RCA (New York), and Bertelsmann (Germany). Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Bertelsmann AG is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835 based in Gütersloh, Germany. A system was delivered to the U.S. Department of Justice to aid the analysis of bootleg recordings. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department

In 1976 Soundstream restored acoustic (pre-electronic) recordings of Enrico Caruso, using 'blind deconvolution' (Stockham 1971a). Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February 25 1873 &ndash August 2 1921) was an Italian Opera singer These were released by RCA as "Caruso - A Legendary Performer". In subsequent years Soundstream restored much of RCA's Caruso portfolio.

In 1980, Soundstream merged with Digital Recording Corp. and became DRC/Soundstream. It attempted to develop a home digital player that would use a photographically reproducible ‘optical card’ as opposed to the mechanically pressed CD (Miklosz 1981). This effort was eclipsed by the rise of the CD, leading to the company’s demise in 1983.

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