Re: [AV Media Matters] Equipment recommendations for converting 78 records to

[Richard Hess <arclists@richardhess.com>]

Hi, Andrea,

This is a complex question concerning reproduction of "78" rpm
recordings. 
There are people who devote their lives to it. I'm not one of them.

You might find more information in two places:

The Association of Recorded Sound Collectors (ARSC) mailing list and the

78-L mailing list. I'm a subscriber to the former, not the latter. I 
restore tapes--and the odd LP.

Here's the info for subscribing to ARSC
http://www.arsc-audio.org/arsclist.html

Here's the info on 78-L
http://www.78online.com/

As you're probably aware, there are many steps that are involved in 
transfers of discs

--analysis of what you really have in your hands
--cleaning (using methods appropriate to the specific disc)
--selection of proper stylus and its alignment
--selection of proper speed (no, they aren't all 78.26 rpm)
--selection of proper cartridge phasing (lateral-vertical)
--the actual transfer
--post processing (click and noise reduction to a COPY,
   save the original transfer)

All of these steps involve knowledge that I don't have -- but in this
case 
I know what I don't know <smile>.

It's really important to save our oral history. Good luck. If you have
any 
questions about tapes in your collection, feel free to drop me a direct 
line or for any questions your posts to this list or ARSClist would, I 
think, be very welcome. No need to apologize as a new member, we all 
started somewhere! Go get 'em!

Cheers,

Richard

At 10:01 AM 6/3/2003 -0700, alhomme2000@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
>      I would like to know if anyone on this list has
> worked with equipment that can play 78 records, and
> which also has the input/output capabilities to
> connect to equipment for the purpose of making digital
> copies.
>
>      My apologies if this is an extremely elementary
> question.  As a new member, I've noted the highly
> technical nature of the recent posts, but don't know a
> better place to turn with this query.
>
>      Thanks for any help,
>
> Andrea L'Hommedieu
> Muskie Oral History Project

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