Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville. Au Clair de la Lune - By the Light of the Moon (April 20, 1860)

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  • Au Clair de la Lune - By the Light of the Moon (April 20, 1860)
    Scott recorded “Au Clair de la Lune” at least three times. This version, preserved today among the papers of the physicist Henri Victor Regnault in the library of the Institut de France, dates from April 20, 1860. The performance is just as sluggish as the one from April 9, but it is considerably better-recorded, probably reflecting advances in the preparation of recording membranes. Scott notes that the membrane was in its “natural” position, meaning at an angle like the human eardrum, and that his signal chain also included an “oval window,” apparently referring to a second membrane. This time, the rotation of the cylinder didn’t slow down to a near-stop between “Pierrot” and “prete,” as it had on April 9-after all, Scott knew by now how much of the song he could fit on a sheet.
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Komentáře • 89

  • @deadmetalbr
    @deadmetalbr Před rokem +174

    On the one hand, this sounds like nightmare fuel out-of-context. On the other, and in context, every song by every musician you've ever loved owes itself to this muffled, warbly mess, and that's nothing short of awe-inspiring. Human art and science leapt forward, hand in hand, the day this was scratched into paper, and if there's an afterlife, Monsieur de Martinville can rightfully feel more than just a bit smug for his contribution to world culture.

    • @stupidthings1000
      @stupidthings1000 Před rokem +2

      It's like a ghost of a woman who seeks revenge and whenever she comes this music plays lool

    • @henrybrent3827
      @henrybrent3827 Před rokem +5

      Actually, Mssr de Martinville’s discovery was not publicized and died with him in 1879. It wasn’t until Edison started to popularize the phonograph after 1877- without knowledge of de Martinville’s prior efforts, regrettably- that recorded sound became known. It is Edison that musicians owe a debt to.

    • @Jordan-or8wu
      @Jordan-or8wu Před rokem +2

      I can get living without tv but imagine living without music

  • @RonanAnjos
    @RonanAnjos Před 3 lety +148

    In an amazing trip to the past the voice of an unknown human being reborn for the eternity. Respect to mister Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville with his magic machine that prints sounds.

    • @salvatoregus1558
      @salvatoregus1558 Před 2 lety

      Instablaster...

    • @julietcunningham852
      @julietcunningham852 Před 2 lety +6

      Not an unknown voice. The first playback used a speed that resulted in a contralto voice. But, then they looked at the label, which identified a known baritone singer. They slowed the playback down, and got this.

  • @rytisliaucys3444
    @rytisliaucys3444 Před 2 lety +105

    Fun fact: Edourd never knew this could be used to actually record and playback voice. His phonoautograph was only used to study sound waves and acoustics, and we there was never a way to play this back until someone figured it out in 2008 with digitalization.

    • @LockDownOnSparta
      @LockDownOnSparta Před rokem +3

      WRONG...the realization and implementation was done a couple of hundred years prior to 2008

    • @brandon-ty7lh
      @brandon-ty7lh Před 10 měsíci +10

      @@LockDownOnSpartabro ltrly saying wrong in all caps to ppl tf

    • @isaacbruner65
      @isaacbruner65 Před 9 měsíci +20

      ​@@LockDownOnSpartaimagine being so confident in calling somebody wrong when they're 100% right. This recording was made by scratching lines in a layer of soot on a piece of paper. Unlike Edison's tin foil, there was absolutely no way to play this back. They only managed to do so in 2008 by digitally scanning the recordings and then developing a special algorithm to convert them into sound.

    • @jamesedmonds7519
      @jamesedmonds7519 Před 2 měsíci +2

      ​@@LockDownOnSpartaWRONG

  • @TylerMcNamer
    @TylerMcNamer Před 2 lety +45

    The first sound recorded was a lullaby.

  • @dyllybirdy6727
    @dyllybirdy6727 Před rokem +19

    A certified hood classic

  • @mabel8179
    @mabel8179 Před rokem +14

    Imagine playing that in an empty Victorian asylum at midnight lol.

  • @joshs.6608
    @joshs.6608 Před rokem +19

    In the wake of the Kanye West controversy where he credited the invention of the Microphone to some horrible person.. Let's gave Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville the rightful credit for actually truely inventing the microphone and using it to gave us the first recording ever.

  • @sachascpautomobilerobloxam929

    C'est dingue d'entendre ça il y'a 160 ans!!

  • @brenner5147
    @brenner5147 Před 2 lety +13

    Haunting

  • @kellycoleman715
    @kellycoleman715 Před 2 lety +21

    He really didn’t need to slow his singing down, but it was all experimental in those days.

  • @williampotter3148
    @williampotter3148 Před rokem +23

    I dig the solo. This band rocks🙃

  • @baire702
    @baire702 Před rokem +7

    Wow, when I listen to each of the versions here on CZcams, I can feel David Giovannono's excetment from the first time he played it. The first one to hear it, ever after 160 years!

  • @cornersclip2009
    @cornersclip2009 Před 3 lety +36

    This is better than 6ix9nine's whole career

  • @RekzaFS
    @RekzaFS Před rokem +4

    Absolute banger

  • @marcse7en
    @marcse7en Před měsícem +1

    My God, as a Hi-Fi enthusiast, I'm so glad recording technology has improved! 👍🤣

  • @R17..
    @R17.. Před 2 lety +8

    Great vocals 👏

  • @shadowpoet4398
    @shadowpoet4398 Před 3 měsíci +1

    0:50
    Yes, you can even hear the inhales discernably. Analog recording will always be truer in tone

  • @victorianghost16
    @victorianghost16 Před 3 lety +2

    i love this

  • @user-jz9em8uz6o
    @user-jz9em8uz6o Před 6 měsíci +3

    Я: пытаюсь заснуть
    Комар под моим ухом:

  • @paulgif49
    @paulgif49 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic!!!!

  • @armelyapi1570
    @armelyapi1570 Před 3 lety +14

    Please try to double the speed and enjoy!

  • @aidenthecomputernerd
    @aidenthecomputernerd Před rokem +27

    Woah! Didn’t know flies could sing in 1860! So talented!

  • @paige13
    @paige13 Před 3 lety +16

    i’m getting nightmares tonight

    • @J_Stinger
      @J_Stinger Před 2 lety +1

      Wait till you hear the sped and high pitched version

    • @paige13
      @paige13 Před 2 lety

      @@J_Stinger 😃 pretty

  • @derunsympath
    @derunsympath Před rokem +1

    This is what every soundcheck sounds like fr

  • @freakster-6029
    @freakster-6029 Před 3 lety +12

    I thought this channel was dead but nice

  • @professorpythongaming9189

    vibes

  • @r.l.i.m.p5222
    @r.l.i.m.p5222 Před 3 lety +7

    That scared My little brother

  • @Cualquiertag01
    @Cualquiertag01 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I just hear a fly...

  • @Lottistari
    @Lottistari Před 2 lety +26

    Fun fact: this dude wrote a book with a really long title “Jugement d'un ouvrier [L. Scott] sur les romans et les feuilletons à l'occasion de Ferrand et Mariette [of A. de Bouclon].” (Seriously, that needs to be 15 words shorter)

  • @loba1840
    @loba1840 Před rokem +2

    How the microphone of my teammates sounds

  • @WhoisVinnie
    @WhoisVinnie Před 3 lety +5

    Can you do music demos? Like Mind Conception from Judas Priest?

  • @popcornenglishonline9548

    Historical

  • @theepicgamerwyat6144
    @theepicgamerwyat6144 Před 3 lety +12

    ngl sounds like a broken saxophone

  • @boha7234
    @boha7234 Před 2 lety +5

    Average CSGO Mic

  • @jhoncedrickennethgalleto3579

    Where's that fly coming from? I gotta catch it

  • @malk-bj6ow
    @malk-bj6ow Před 3 lety +11

    Who else found it enjoyable

  • @thelivingdripunal2513
    @thelivingdripunal2513 Před rokem +2

    Cool you can make out someone from 161 years ago singing in this recording also kinda creepy

  • @kanfor
    @kanfor Před 3 lety +4

    It remainds me Chuwaka

  • @J_Stinger
    @J_Stinger Před 2 lety +5

    My question is how tf did they get this digitalized?

    • @bob3studios
      @bob3studios Před 2 lety +8

      scanning the waveforms on the paper and using a program to turn it back into sound

    • @J_Stinger
      @J_Stinger Před rokem +3

      @@realaiglon6382 yes but i’m pretty sure that thing doesn’t have any ports of some sort. But bob answered my question, they used a program in a computer to digitalize a piece of paper and turn it to sound

    • @juniourst3ven596
      @juniourst3ven596 Před 6 měsíci

      GREAT comment Stinger

  • @debranchelowtone
    @debranchelowtone Před rokem

    C'est très lent.

  • @JjWeiss-ox9mz
    @JjWeiss-ox9mz Před 7 měsíci

    Empty, when will you upload?

  • @beuhthesecond8021
    @beuhthesecond8021 Před 3 lety +12

    SomeOrdinarygamers gang here :D

  • @Haru_f4anden1ch0
    @Haru_f4anden1ch0 Před 9 měsíci

    Me: **Sleeping**
    *It's 3:10am*
    The sound that I can hear
    Sorry for the bad English I'm from Peru and I can speak a little bit of English

    • @isaacbruner65
      @isaacbruner65 Před 9 měsíci

      Your English is good. I wouldn't have known that you only speak a little bit. Hablo español un poquito jajaja. La canción de Martinville es muy genial.

  • @PineTreeProductions
    @PineTreeProductions Před rokem +1

    Mosquito type beat

  • @Skshs-06
    @Skshs-06 Před měsícem

    🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰😂

  • @Armygirl-vc7ti
    @Armygirl-vc7ti Před 2 lety +2

    Ghost singing

  • @yoman9446
    @yoman9446 Před 3 lety +8

    SomeOrdinaryGamers sent me here

    • @thecoolnicko6124
      @thecoolnicko6124 Před 3 lety +2

      can you put the link to the video

    • @yoman9446
      @yoman9446 Před 3 lety +3

      @@thecoolnicko6124 czcams.com/video/055v0nTAnaU/video.html

    • @thecoolnicko6124
      @thecoolnicko6124 Před 3 lety

      @@yoman9446 thank you

    • @thedoublessymbol
      @thedoublessymbol Před 2 lety +1

      @@thecoolnicko6124 can you send the link, they deleted their reply

  • @seabreeze9296
    @seabreeze9296 Před 6 měsíci

    you sure that's not too slow?

  • @user-gj4rs8nd6m
    @user-gj4rs8nd6m Před měsícem

    Это муха

  • @e-party4865
    @e-party4865 Před 2 lety

    I thought you said *orginial*

    • @isaacbruner65
      @isaacbruner65 Před 9 měsíci

      It's an original Martinville recording. It's just not the first one.

    • @e-party4865
      @e-party4865 Před 9 měsíci

      You're 1 year late to my comment, but I appreciate your attempt to clear things up. However, it would be inaccurate to consider this an original Scott de Martinsville recording, since it was altered.

  • @richardzanetta9557
    @richardzanetta9557 Před 5 měsíci

    If fly could sing😅😅

  • @kidvette2004
    @kidvette2004 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow weird how the first recording was taken on the birthday of hitler

  • @lincolnoliveira3041
    @lincolnoliveira3041 Před 3 lety

    Fsm

  • @NottokyoXd
    @NottokyoXd Před rokem

    This isn't the actually first singer cuz the USA's national anthem was made in Sept. 14, 1814 and it had vocals in this was made in april, 20, 1860 I'm saying the anthem is first btw

    • @myspleenisbursting4825
      @myspleenisbursting4825 Před rokem +4

      of those there were songs before this this is just the first recorded song

    • @wonkybeans
      @wonkybeans Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@myspleenisbursting4825to add on, there were many songs beforehand so op's comment doesn't really make sense when referring to "first singer" lol

  • @bluesman3892
    @bluesman3892 Před 2 lety +1

    Debussy didn’t write Clair de lune until 1890 so how can he be singing a song 30 years before it was written 😂

    • @benjaminconaghan6978
      @benjaminconaghan6978 Před 2 lety +8

      Different song au Clair de lune is a children's song

    • @Samhalta
      @Samhalta Před rokem +3

      @@benjaminconaghan6978 Not so much originally, as there is a reference to the neighbour having sex in her kitchen, but the expression ("battre le briquet") is so old that most people wouldn't know ^^ Strangely, other French songs sung to children nowadays contain veiled references to sex.

    • @uknowngamer6948
      @uknowngamer6948 Před rokem +1

      @@Samhalta sound French

    • @isaacbruner65
      @isaacbruner65 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Au Clair de la Lune is a completely different song from Clair de Lune, but also the song you're referring to was based on a poem written in 1869 so it's older that you think.