mhardy6647
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These are good ones.Fritz Pfleumer, the inventor of magnetic tape recording. Without him, high fidelity recording likely wouldn't exist.
Alexander M. Poniatoff, the founder of Ampex, who popularized tape recording as opposed to direct-to-disk (thanks in large part to Bing Crosby, who just didn't want to do every radio appearance live).
Les Paul, the inventor of overdubbing. Without him, modern recording as we know it would not exist.
I used to drive by the (even then derelict, or nearly so) Ampex HQ next to US 101 more than occasionally back when we lived in the "Bay Area" :|
Of course, der Bingle (Bing Crosby) figures rather large in the whole magnetic tape thang, as well...
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/anna...and-the-nazis-helped-to-create-silicon-valley
https://theaudiophileman.com/bing-crosby-tape-revolution/
(e.g.)