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  • Normalisation - your missing link?
    February 13
    Posted by Wes Williams
    Normalisation is probably one of the most ignored 'effects'. It's function seems trivial, so why bother with it - its just a bit of gain isn't it? In fact, its a useful helper at all stages in your restoration process. Spend a few seconds normalising as you go, and your final result will be even mor...
  • Beginners: Why cant I plug my deck into my computer?
    February 3
    Posted by Wes Williams
    This isn't the blog I was going to write, but since this question seems to be something likely to crop up many times, I thought I'd write it up. So here are some answers to Why can't I plug my deck into my computer, and what can I do to solve it?First the technical bits. There are two things we need...
  • EQ TOO - More Discussion
    January 20
    Posted by Wes Williams
    The previous blog (EQ Secrets) described how to produce EQ for any recording characteristic using the free sound editor Audacity and some simple calculations. There are a few things that should have been added in that blog, but it was so large that I decided to leave them until later.The first thing...
  • 78 rpm Timings - Part 2 - The Long and Short of it...
    January 9
    Posted by Shane Farrell
    In my previous post on this subject - I explored longer playing 78rpms - and since that post - additional items of interest have come to light on the 78-L Mailing List which is worth exploring in depth.   One regular contributor to the list made mention of some extra narrow-grooved 78rpms by ...
  • Normalisation - your missing link?
    February 13
    Posted by Wes Williams
    Normalisation is probably one of the most ignored 'effects'. It's function seems trivial, so why bother with it - its just a bit of gain isn't it? In fact, its a useful helper at all stages in your restoration process. Spend a few seconds normalising as you go, and your final result will be even mor...
  • Beginners: Why cant I plug my deck into my computer?
    February 3
    Posted by Wes Williams
    This isn't the blog I was going to write, but since this question seems to be something likely to crop up many times, I thought I'd write it up. So here are some answers to Why can't I plug my deck into my computer, and what can I do to solve it?First the technical bits. There are two things we need...
  • EQ TOO - More Discussion
    January 20
    Posted by Wes Williams
    The previous blog (EQ Secrets) described how to produce EQ for any recording characteristic using the free sound editor Audacity and some simple calculations. There are a few things that should have been added in that blog, but it was so large that I decided to leave them until later.The first thing...
  • 78 rpm Timings - Part 2 - The Long and Short of it...
    January 9
    Posted by Shane Farrell
    In my previous post on this subject - I explored longer playing 78rpms - and since that post - additional items of interest have come to light on the 78-L Mailing List which is worth exploring in depth.   One regular contributor to the list made mention of some extra narrow-grooved 78rpms by ...
  • EQ Secrets (and forget the maths!)
    November 26, 2011
    Posted by Wes Williams
    Many people find it difficult to get their heads around EQ, let alone the mathematics that goes with it. They take one look at the formula - Gain in dB = 20 log( V1 / V2) - and quickly give up.   But its all very simple if you know a few secrets. In over 35 years as an Electronic Engineer, I'...
  • Pitches and Speeds UK Pre 1940
    November 25, 2011
    Posted by Wes Williams
    A recent 78-L topic was raised by a member here, relating to the correct speed for a 1928 UK Columbia.   Among the suggestions for finding the correct speed was to pitch the record to a modern pitch pipe. If only it were that simple!   In the mid 1920s four pitches were generally used ...
  • 78 rpm Timings - Part 1
    November 9, 2011
    Posted by Shane Farrell
    It's been a while since my last blog post...   As regular readers of my blog will know, most of my posts stem from discussions on the 78-L mailing list.   A recent discussion relating to timings of 78rpm sides uncovered some very interesting facts. For one, the common belief that 78rpm...
  • Download: Carmen - 1920 acoustic Columbia set + lots more Carme
    October 25, 2011
    Posted by Damian Rogan
    It's been four months since the last update to my website, and finally Carmen has arrived! The many recordings new to the site today are of Carmen, together with flip sides of records and other recordings by the same artists where appropriate. The contents are as follows:   Carmen - Columbia ...
  • Changes in 45 years
    August 2, 2011
    Posted by Wes Williams
    As I write this, the 2 CD centennial issue of the Robert Johnson collection is playing on my system. It's made me think how things have changed since I got the first Robert Johnson vinyl LP in 1966. Back then there was virtually no signal processing apart from basic tone controls and, if you were lu...
  • Harvie June Van 78 rpms
    August 1, 2011
    Posted by Sam West
    A good friend of mine transfers a few Harvie June Van 78s and asked me to upload them to the website along with the lyrics for the song, The Lights are Growing Dim. For you, the lights are brightly shining. For me, the lights are growing dim, And I can hear my maker calling From the pearly wal...
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