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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What recording surface did Thomas Edison use for his first successful phonograph demonstrations? | — |
| Which rotational speed became standard for long-playing records introduced after World War II? | — |
| Which company introduced the 45 rpm record as a rival to the LP? | — |
| At which city’s radio exhibition did Philips introduce the compact cassette in 1963? | — |
| What was the model number of Sony’s first Walkman? | — |
| Which two companies jointly developed the compact disc system? | — |
| Which Sony format launched with the MZ-1 recorder and MZ-2P player in 1992? | — |
| What does the file-format name MP3 expand to? | — |
| How many songs did Apple say the original 2001 iPod could hold? | — |
| What does the music-technology standard MIDI stand for? | — |
| Who collaborated with Bob Moog on his first voltage-controlled synthesizer modules in 1964? | — |
| Which 1968 album helped introduce the Moog synthesizer to a mass audience? | — |
| Which Roland drum machine introduced in 1980 became famous for its booming electronic bass drum? | — |
| Who invented the vocal-tuning software Auto-Tune? | — |
| What did “SM” originally stand for in the Shure SM58 microphone’s name? | — |
| Who founded Dolby Laboratories in 1965? | — |
| Which Sony model was promoted as the world’s first portable compact disc player? | — |
| In which year was the .mp3 filename extension selected for MPEG audio files? | — |
| What storage capacity did Apple give the original iPod? | — |
| Which company released Auto-Tune as a commercial product in 1997? | — |
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