Have you heard the first recording of human voice singing?

[@amaritineenthusiast]

*CONTEXT* The device used to record this is called the phonautograph, an invention made by Léon Scott himself (The man singing in this audio). Despite inventing such a monumental thing, Scott was actually a bookseller in Paris. Scott got his inspiration from hearing about "auditory anatomy" in a physics textbook in 1853 and began to work on a device that could record sound. He finally got his invention finished in 1857 and received on the patent on the 25th March that year. By 1860 the final product was ready for use and he recorded himself singing "Au clair de le lune" which can be seen here. Unlike later devices used to record audio, this device wasn't meant to be played back and didn't really contain "sound". Scott intended for the device to be used to translate audio into text or alternatively into sheet music. The audio here is still an exact replica to what it would have sounded like, but technically the original can never be played. In 2008 they did this and this audio was finally heard for the first time in 148 years.

[@lllamaface3047]

Thank you... In this dum-dum world of TikTok and KZbinShorts it's always nice to still find people who wants to know more about things.

[@amaritineenthusiast]

@@lllamaface3047 My goal is to give context to as much historical videos as possible to spread information.

[@DBZ483]

​@@amaritineenthusiastkeep that goal going my good sir

[@amaritineenthusiast]

@@DBZ483 :)

[@healedbyhiswounds]

Wow thats so interesting! Thanks for sharing cause I was really confused..

[@006xB]

pov: that one kid in the xbox live chat with the dollar tree mic and the mcdonalds wifi

[@penguinninja1324]

XD

[@SamuelMontalvo712]

@@penguinninja1324no one says xd anymore

[@Deja_vu1589]

XD

[@Cozy186]

XD

[@StraightenThatKaden]

@@SamuelMontalvo712XD

[@pedrofrauches]

bees sound amazing when recorded

[@MyNameTink]

Nah that’s the fly that be in our ear.

[@blinkenschnaag777]

Nope. It was The Beetles😂

[@da-butler]

That one friend with the $5 mic on the party:

[@wowgreenn]

the fly in my room:

[@fireydoesstuff_real]

His voice is mosquitos buzzing?

[@hole.]

More like the voice of the darkness :>

[@Nomalanga94]

@@hole. this is fire

[@ZacharySkan]

Funny but normally it's hard to restore a 161 year old recording

[@Totaldrama0bsessed]

@@ZacharySkan true

[@EljosuxVRyotrascosas]

i believe a record ofalmost two centuries can't be clear right.

[@Nomalanga94]

This is a bop

[@togglegaming6315]

Fascinating how he was so poetic

[@Sneakilythehippo]

blud sounded like a damn bee 💀

[@Leonardo_Fan]

My sleep paralysis demon singing*

[@deleted-tzx28f2]

Singing demon 💀

[@Juice..wrld..]

No cap 🧢🧢🧢🧢

[@kylehall100]

@@Juice..wrld.. uh what

[@Doge5301]

Because that microphone is old

[@McRemmyBaby]

demons whistle

[@fatitankeris6327]

​@@Doge5301Literally just a horn, a membrane and a writing needle on a screw shifted paper roll.

[@jichealmackson3133]

Beautiful vocals 👌

[@PandaVal78]

Sounds like my mic.

[@Funnycontentonology]

This voice is perfect for my horror movie 😂😂

[@The_One_Who_Knocks.0]

That one bro in the COD lobby with the 3 dollar headset and the fan that has the power of 1000 suns:

[@cathleenyamat2140]

That's like Sound Super Angry Cow

[@GriffO-]

This was never actually recorded in a way that you would think of today. The vibrations were recorded on to a piece of paper and saved. However, he had no way of playing the audio back, this audio comes from later in history when the technology to replay this audio became available.

[@Hiheheshorts]

That one kid with the $1 mic from temu Edit:double tapping this comment will like it

[@Toreadorification]

This man made history, he did something no one could do before. Nowadays it's just "normal".

[@polygoned_cheese]

When you try to speak in the mic with fan right next turned at max power

[@AnneB_4Life]

The Fly in my room at 3am:

[@lllamaface3047]

...some comments here are screaming the "Dumb Gen Alpha" vibes... Great respect for the exceptions though.

[@Harlan_Wolf123]

Me singing in the mic in the middle of the night so my parents dont hear im awake

[@stoneparadox7624]

Absolute fire 🔥. Gotta pop this in my playlist.

[@gottalivehappy]

If the first voice recording was in 1860, there's a very possible chance that Lincoln's voice is out there, somewhere.

[@robloxpotatotater]

He probably didn’t know this was a thing yet and he had to make war plans etc so he probably never got to use it

[@mrdunglessness7410]

Damn I gotta Shazam this shiz

[@lllamaface3047]

What?

[@Janepainy]

It sounds scary bru

[@SMK2397]

Imagine singing a random song, and then 100 or 1000 years later some random guy finds your voice in a random recorder? Crazy

[@smartlucker4011]

He made earrape before the concept of earrape existed

[@bluesky842]

Ngl the moment I saw the title I half expected it to be Rick role😂😂

[@LillyandTrey]

Child Me running on a call with my dad 😂😭

[@mukbanglegends2687]

Thats linkin Park🎉

[@al-amindauda]

Nightmare Fuel

[@dkny3569]

This is what i hear LoVe mE lOvE yOu duzzz lOvE yOu LoVe mE

[@Nuroschannel]

I got jumpscared as soon as i heard his voice

[@fork5280]

The one kid with the Kinect mic:

[@al3zmi]

Man...this Is exactly the sounds when I used to play cod Black ops

[@VidWatcher01]

Wireless earbuds from Temu be like:

[@Nuhuh737]

Still better then my mic

[@milanurbanc2765]

It sounds like flys are coming to attack

[@Dndnej-e8z]

Nice singing

[@BigLebowski324]

Poetic

[@AverageGarfieldFan]

This Is Atchuly Beutiful Seing How Far Us Humans Had Come At That Point

[@rmsoceanic9335]

EAU CLARIE DE LA LUNA?!?

[@berlindipu9415]

Only 18s kids remember this

[@Yurixthetic_2]

That one mosquito in my room at 3:00 :

[@Justatastyorangedrink]

Sounds like swarm of bees 🐝

[@GreatArtistsOfThePast]

That one kid who always has his microphone way to close to his mouth and breaths on it.

[@ALL_HAIL_WADLEY]

The reason it sounds so awful is that it's been left somewhere since 1860. It was too damaged to record so they transfed it to a digital format. All of that makes it sound awful. But still it's amazing we can't listen to the voice of a real 19th century man.

[@Random_Human731]

And it was recorded on paper which couldn’t be played back when it was in peak condition

[@7trainsattimessquare]

My dads old phone recording be like

[@janethbillones6382]

Dude that sound literally just sounded like a fly🪰🪰🪰

[@matsrichardekstrom2928]

very great music

[@Averythefloof]

True beauty

[@PriceStats]

Why don’t we have Lincoln’s voice then?😂

[@RedZip15]

Wow I never knew humans used to be bees when did they start being humans

[@pavasite4278]

Never heard truer words

[@palpalonpalpalon]

Dudes speaking pure fax

[@Oliver-b7j]

😂😂

[@joewes89]

“I’m strokin my **** rn now I got lotion on my **** “😂

[@Silverado-pq6xe]

Super weird that you cut out the girl saying “yes” to KSI asking to motorboat her. No reason to intentionally leave that out so he looks worse, could’ve just left the clip out entirely and it still would’ve made him look bad. I lost a lot of respect for you.

[@Sunsetiscool]

The fly in my room😊

[@guiguitubertopesin37]

mans a wasp

[@Andimprettytipsy]

Why that's so scary.

[@lllamaface3047]

For me it's giving a lil bit of a chilling thought. I'm hearing a guy's distorted voice, as he is testing his invention in the 1860's... him sitting in his room from that age, where not only me but not even my great grandparents were alive... hearing a voice of someone that is long gone...

[@RobloxAvy]

That is so scary

[@jessemiles5700]

1860

[@popoopoppoo9886]

This song is sad in a very haunting way I feel bad for these people that survived wars to sing beautiful songs like this and go anyways, it makes me think about how life is amazing and unexpecting. I hate the new dictionary they put new gen z words like, rizz, gyatt, sigma, and alot more, i hope fortnite fixes this error before i delete fortnite😡😡🤬🤯😡😠😠🤬. May these people rest in peace, amen😊.

[@Mr.s1r.23]

Gen alpha dummy

[@godofspacetime333]

Video of the oldest known sound recording, with introduction by AI voicebot.

[@دخيل_الله]

This a fly sound what the heck is this

[@miketyson8848]

This sounds like a Weedwhacker

[@bugzta236]

my mans got samsung

[@armyshope]

My Samsung sound recording is way better than this-

[@nutmeg4000]

@@armyshopejoke

[@armyshope]

@@nutmeg4000 ah okay there is an app called "Super recorder" which is better than the Samsung voice recorder

[@cloudychanxes183]

wOooAahhhhH 🎶🎵🧑‍🦲👍

[@JulienYoutube87]

Funny that this video is introduced by an AI voice

[@Cocomoon-u8m]

Dang that shit creepy

[@john_marston1888]

Get bro a new headset

[@user-kito-bunbunkitofriend]

fly

[@SofiachanUWU]

I can’t hear what he’s saying

[@ryandavid453]

Homie just move the mic away from your mouth a lil bit

[@joshuacantere6785]

Still a better singer than Dave Mustaine.

[@maximethibault3688]

typical russian csgo mic

[@MrTaco-fy7de]

Blud is not young boy🗣🗣🗣

[@kimmorris9664]

Sounds demonic

[@Fdpotatochips]

That one guy with a trash mic

[@armyshope]

You're ungrateful

[@Fdpotatochips]

@@armyshope how?

[@armyshope]

@@Fdpotatochips if he didn't create that sound recorder you wouldn't have that phone you are commenting from

[@Fdpotatochips]

@@armyshope bro are you dumb if he didn’t create that recording phone will still be created how can you compare a voice recording to a phone

[@Fdpotatochips]

Bro how old are you how some common logic

[@kbtherat]

Eww

[@armyshope]

Well it's okay for it's time

[@Cr3reeper]

it's Soundwave literally scratched on a wax cylinder, wdy expect?

[@lllamaface3047]

What an intelligent comment.

[@kbtherat]

@@lllamaface3047 I just said that bc it sounds freaky lol

[@ClashTV_yui]

This is fake

[@vicrattlehead69]

straight nightmare fuel

[@jaydendowner8459]

This is a bop

[@Oliver-b7j]

Still better than my mic