Re: Disc transfer help needed

On 30 Nov 2003 19:01:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JoeNelsonSav)
wrote:

>I recently found some 78s of my parents' singing that were made in the early
>1940's.
>They were apparently recorded at home on a portable machine. Record labels are
>Audiodisc, Wilcox-Gay and Howard Home Recording Disc.
>I'd like to transfer these to a CD and clean up the sound.
>My record player is classroom-style portable from the 50's or 60's (Rheem).
>What's the best way to do this?
>Is there a specific type of needle that works best?
>Turntable adjustments or considerations?
>Any treatment or cleaning of records? The edge of one had been bent.
>How about skips?
>Should I use phono-plug line-out straight to a mini-disc recorder, or is it
>better to record the sound of the record player's speaker?
>Are there any programs that work best to clean up the sound in these
>situations?
>Your ideas would be most appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Joe Nelson
>

Joe,

You're asking questions that would take several chapters to
answer.  Do a google search on audio transfer from records to
digital for starters.  The support section for Cool Edit
(formerly syntrillium software, but now owned by Adobe) had
literally hundreds of good messages on this.

If these records are of value to you, do NOT play them on some
cheap equipment, as you can make matter much worse than they
are.  It sounds like you are describing home recording discs,
which typically were made on lacquer coated aluminium discs.
Most were recorded at 78 rpm, and most were recorded from the
inside out, rather than the normal outside in.

If the discs are bent, it's usually not possible to fix.

__Peter



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