This 1860 phonautogram by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville is the oldest known intelligible recording of the human voice. Played at what is now believed to be the correct speed, [1] it …

Sep 25, 2025 · This is the first known recording ever created, by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, on April 9, 1860, before Edison’s wax cylinder experiments. The 10 seconds …

The first successful sound recording ever made was of a 435 hz tuning fork made by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville. They are taken from transcriptions of sources from The French …

Nov 19, 2025 · Because Scott de Martinville’s phonautograph produced the first known physical record of sound vibrations, which has since been converted into audible sound, it is …

In this fonds comprised of 50 sound recordings and associated manuscripts, lie humanity’s first recordings of its own voice—each seminal, unique, and irreplaceable—the first human …

The oldest recorded human voice is a ten-second fragment of the French folk song 'Au Clair de la Lune'. It was recorded on 9 April 1860 by inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville (France).

Nov 19, 2020 · It’s actually the first known audio record of a human voice, traced on paper on April 9, 1860. Scott’s phonautograph converted air vibrations into a visual trace on paper using …

First Sounds seeks out the world's oldest sound recordings—wherever they are. We rewrote history in 2008 when we discovered and resurrected humanity’s first recordings of its own …

May 4, 2025 · A pre­cur­sor to the wax cylin­der, the phonoau­to­gram took inputs for the study of sound waves, but could not be turned into an out­put device. How amaz­ing then, that 150 or so …

On April 9, 1860, in Paris, France, a groundbreaking event in the history of sound technology took place. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a French inventor and printer, captured the oldest …