[1973] Tomorrow's World - Michael Rodd reports on some exciting new developments in the art of sound recording. Using an automatic mixing desk, he explains how computers can aid sound engineers to layer and balance tracks.

With all this studio magic at his fingertips, can he make a recording superstar out of young hopeful... Michael Rodd?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP2UjdK7bI8

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[1971] Tomorrow's World - Michael Rodd demonstrates a new invention that could transform the way drivers negotiate the roads forever. A nifty control unit reads information from the car's milometer and relays instructions to the driver using pre-recorded phrases stored on a cassette tape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qqnHtH1RAs

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[1979] The New Sound of Music - Fascinating BBC documentary. It charts the development of recorded music from the first barrel organs, the phonograph, the magnetic tape recorder and onto the concepts of musique concrète and electronic music development. Presented by Michael Rodd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTdun0tFE8

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[1979] Tomorrow's World - In this report Michael Rodd examines a British prototype for a cordless telephone that allows the user to make calls from anywhere. Also included at the end of this item is a rather nice out-take as Rodd also experiences the first mobile wrong number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vix6TMnj9vY

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#TomorrowsWorld : #MobilePhone 13th September 1979 - #BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vix6TMnj9vY&ab_channel=BBC

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