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Walter Weber

1907 – 1944

German audio engineer involved with tape bias research

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Lived 1907 – 1944 (aged 37). Walter Weber was an electrical engineer.

Walter Weber (26 March 1907 in Gelsenkirchen – 18 July 1944 in German-occupied Kościan) was a German pioneer of electromagnetic sound recording.

From 1925 to 1927 he studied at the Oldenburg Academy of Engineering. From 1 May 1928 to 31 December 1930 he was an engineer at the central laboratory of Siemens & Halske AG in Berlin. There he met Hans-Joachim von Braunmühl. When he moved to the laboratory of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft, he followed him there in 1931. On 2 November 1938, he defended his thesis Das Schallspektrum von Knallfunken und Knallpistolen mit einem Beitrag über Anwendungsmöglichkeiten in der elektroakustischen Meßtechnik. (The sound spectrum of spark transmitters and oscillators with a contribution on possible applications in electroacoustic measuring technology).

On 18 April 1940 the pair re-invented RF bias (HFVM), and on 10 June that year they exhibited their "HF magnetophone" at the Ufa Palace cinema in Berlin.

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Who was Walter Weber?

German audio engineer involved with tape bias research

When was Walter Weber born?

Walter Weber was born on 26 March 1907 in Gelsenkirchen.

When did Walter Weber die?

Walter Weber died on 18 July 1944 in Kościan.

What was Walter Weber's occupation?

Walter Weber was an electrical engineer.

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Walter Weber's recorded nationality: German Reich.

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· Wikipedia: Walter Weber

· Wikidata: Q2546692

· DBpedia: Walter Weber (engineer)

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