4 Sep
2002
4 Sep
'02
7:01 a.m.
I have offered audio restoration services for many years, from any (and
all) types of recorded audio media - cylinders, wire, tape: paper,
plastic, sprocketed, 2MM to 4"... etc etc. I restore damaged media and do
forensic work.
That being said, if any list members have a few bits of recorded stuff
lying about that you'd like cleaned up and transfered to a CD, contact me
off-list. Obviously for big and/or complex jobs we'd need to discuss a
fee structure, but for the occasional disc, old tape, or spool of wire
that can be rolled into ProTools and dumped to a disc... why not?
I imagine that this would extend to data cassettes with FSK or other
audio-freq modulation schemes, so it's not *that* badly off-topic. :)
Cheers
John
4 Sep
4 Sep
8:48 a.m.
I have offered audio restoration services for many
years, from any (and
all) types of recorded audio media - cylinders, wire, tape: paper,
plastic, sprocketed, 2MM to 4"... etc etc. I restore damaged media and do
forensic work.
I'm impressed! I know that at least a couple of us have Mac's that are
setup as more or less Pro Digital Audio Workstations, but being able to
handle that range of formats, WOW! Are you hooking the equipement that
plays these formats up to a computer? If so how do you go about making the
connections? I'm curious as currently the only Phonograph I've got capable
of playing 78's doesn't like to be hooked up to other equipement, I get a
horrible hum (IIRC, the problem is called a current loop). While I'd like
to get a good archival turntable, no one seems to make one that also does
16rpm like my existing one does.
My current archival project involves shifting Laserdisc's to DVD-R. I'm
embarrassed to admit that I've resorted to using a system running Windows
XP. I'm still refining the process, however, I'm getting results that are
about as good as a non-Anamorphic Commercial DVD. I'm only doing this for
titles that can't be gotten on DVD (and in at least some cases will
probably never be released again).
Zane
9:20 a.m.
Rumor has it that Zane H. Healy may have mentioned these words:
> I have offered audio restoration services for
many years, from any (and
> all) types of recorded audio media - cylinders, wire, tape: paper,
> plastic, sprocketed, 2MM to 4"... etc etc. I restore damaged media and do
> forensic work.
For an audiophobe like me, that sounds kinda fun... but my new non-computer
hobby looks to be woodworking (out of necessity...)
My current archival project involves shifting
Laserdisc's to DVD-R. I'm
embarrassed to admit that I've resorted to using a system running Windows
XP.
Why XP instead of 2000? My Tivo -> SVCD projects went 15-20% slower on XP
vs. 2K, so I dropped back. I *despised* that damnable kandy-koted GUI crap,
too...
I'm still refining the process, however, I'm
getting results that are
about as good as a non-Anamorphic Commercial DVD. I'm only doing this for
titles that can't be gotten on DVD (and in at least some cases will
probably never be released again).
My results are better than VHS, as I've never seen SVHS in action, I can't
say about that... not quite as good as DVD. But... hey... whaddya want for
$0.20 per disc??? :-) http://tivo.30below.com/zmerch/ -- for my methods;
maybe you'll find a nugget of info there to help you out?
HTH,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
zmerch(a)30below.com
What do you do when Life gives you lemons,
and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????
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