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DUBturbo and History

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Digital music production is not new.  The principles behind it, pulse-code modulation and digital signals have been known about and used for decades.  British scientist Alec Reeves invented pulse-code modulation in 1937.   The technology was used in various telecommunications applications long before it was used for commercial purposes.  Japanese companies worked on developing the technology for use in commercial music recording in the 1960’s, but the first commercial digital recordings were not put out until 1971.  During this same period the British Broadcasting Company experimented with elements of the technology and, in 1972, it began operating a digital audio transmission system.  Development continued on several fronts, but the major record labels did not fully embrace digital recording until the 1980’s with the advent of the compact disc, or CD.  CDs eventually replaced both vinyl records and cassette tapes, but these were still physical objects. It was the emergence of personal computers that made DUB turbo possible. Not only can music be stored and played on a home computer – it can also be produced.