Re: [ARSCLIST] Podcasting--explained a bit...

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
> steven c wrote:
>
> > Okeh...my reply/ies...
> >
> > 1) I can think about converting 78 sound to .wav files...but not until I
can
> > afford a new(ish) computer...mainly one with a couple of 500GB hard
drives
> > for archival storage!
>
> Wrong argument. Record in WAV, edit in WAV, save in WAV (or APE or SHN)
> on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Compress to MP3 to work with, play with, etc.
>
> > 2) Likewise with affording digital-audio niceties like CEDAR and its
ilk...
> > One doesn't acquire that level of digitalia when one is "living" on the
> > pittance the gov't of Ontario thinks its disabled folks deserve...
>
> It doesn't have to be CEDAR. It needs to be a competent editor. However
> few pennies per hour you regard as your rate, some of them need to be
> spent on an editor to clean the sound in finite time.
>
> > 3) Finally, keep in mind that I have been listening to 78's since they
> > were actually state-of-the-art records
>
> If you're doing this only for yourself, keep playing the 78s. When you
> write of intercutting speech, I assume that you are not intending only
> to listen to yourself speak. In short, if you intend others to hear your
> work, you need to plan on some deoising. Not the excess which abounds in
> the industry, but enough to make the product listenable.
>
> At my WWW site next week, I'll be posting some 'acetates' of Hans Hotter
> that were treated none too gently over the past fifty-plus years. The
> sound I achieved has delighted the person who sent me the source
> material, but if not for their historical interest those sides would be
> far beyond the pale.
>
Actually, it has two possible audiences over & above myself...

First, I'm thinking about putting something together to serve as a
sample of what I can do in that area. I'm already doing a net "radio"
blues show for a local college station...and I'm wondering if I
could also interest them in a 78-related program as well.

Second, I have some acquaintances who have indicated an interest
like "What's ON those old records you got?!"

Then, as far as I'm concerned, putting 78's on CD-R's for later play
is a 21st century version of the cassettes I used to make in large
numbers...so my listening no longer had to stay within earshot of my
78 player...

#1 would have to be professional-quality if they gave me the chance to
do the program...but might not need to be for a "this is what I'm thinking
of" CD-R, which could be a "podcast" affair.

With #2, the sound quality isn't of overwhelming importance...

And for #3, my hearing isn't so good that I can notice any difference
when listening to mp3's of other folks' 78's...

...stevenc
http://users.interlinks.net/stevenc/