On 7 June, 23:37, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Adam Aglionby writes
On 7 June, 21:13, John Rumm wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
andrew wrote:
Whilst clearing out the loft at my mother's old house I have come across
some records. These were made in America in 1942 by her brother who was
training as RAF bomber crew. He died shortly after.
I think they are directly scribed into the plastic which is in poor nick,
possibly some mould growth. The discs are "Zenith Universal Recorder" and
probably done in some sort of booth.
I shall try and record them directly to wav files but before I attempt
that
what precautions need I take? I have a problem in that my record deck
only
has 33 and 45 rpm. Was mono 78 simply an amplitude modulation by depth of
the needle?
Think its lateral.
And a fairly big needle
You CAN get compatible needles to plug into standard cartridiges, and
there are still decks around that do 78.
Worth mentioning that you may still get better results from micing up a
real 78 record player. The difference in the weight of the tone arm can
make recordings from modern decks sound very light and scratchy.
There is also commercial softwa
http://www.dartpro.com/
that makes quite a good job of automatic scratch removal.
--
Cheers,
John.
If you want to get really serious Computer Enhanced Digital Audio
Restoration, CEDAR
http://www.cedar-audio.com
Err, lets think about this - he has a few old recordings from a relative
which he wants to restore in a sort of hobby fashion
Ask yourself if this really might be the best engineering solution, i.e.
cost effective ?
I rather think not, don't you ?
--
geoff
Sorry thought heard a sound rush past.
To get the best source possibly non contact, laser reading might be
best before feeding to the CEDAR rack server:
http://www.elpj.com
About 14K USD apparently think CEDAR modules start at around 8K UKP ,
" best engineering solution" is undoubtedly CEDAR , its what others
seek to emulate.
At the less expensive end of things garbage in garbage out, getting
the best transcription of source means less cleaning up afterwards.
Convenience with a sub £60 tutntable, with built in sound card and EQ
as well, depends what your wanting to transcribe TBH...
Lot of good quality turntables go for little money nowadays and with a
decent cartridge will certainly make a lot better result.
Adam