Thanks for the great primer John, and thank-you to the moderator for allowing this. I spend a lot of time on broadcasting related lists and forgot this one has a different focus
BTW I do dablle in AM on 80 meters George WA8SCO ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coleman" <[email protected]> To: "'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:20 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Digitizing old records > Not exactly AM radio stuff but it sort of falls in the category of old > technology meets the new world. > > If the list moderator wants to kill this I will certainly understand. We > could discuss it separately. > > I use a modern turntable with 33/45 RPM settings some of the real new TT's > do have 78RPM (it is becoming a thing to do). Having the proper stylus is > important because it fits the groove and can be set to track a little > heavier than a gram. Be careful not to track to heavy, the cartridge may > not like it. > > A lot of the old 78RPM records did not use the standard RIAA equalization > of > today. There were many different EQs used in those days. Having a 24 > bit/96K sound card is a plus for computer recording because you don't have > to worry about getting the levels set just right. Just about any visible > thing that you can see on the display will be using more than 16 bits in > the > 24 bit format. This gives you plenty of head room to manipulate the > recording latter using the recording software's features to get the sound > just the way you want it whether it is RIAA or not. You can even record > it > at 45RPM and adjust the speed with the software later and re-EQ. After > you > have it the way you want it to sound then the software will allow you to > normalize the recording and then save it to 16 or 24bit format. 16 bit > format for CD audio > > Recording software: > Many types are available. Audio Audition by Adobe is what I use - > $300 - a little expensive but pretty good. > > A Canadian company called Goldwave - free trial 40 dollar purchase > probably the best bet. I used it before I got Audition. > > Audacity - Free - I don't know about its EQ and other feature > capabilities > > This is all not recommended on a computer that has glitches or is slow. > > Good Luck > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Brand > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 3:41 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 78 records > > I have a "real" Edison that almost caused a divorce between my > Grandparents > as Grandma bought via the devil....ON CREDIT! (oh horrors) Apparently > Grandpa had a royal fit and went down to J.L. Hudsons the next morning and > paid if off. I have four drawers full of disks and want to move them to > digital without harming them. Any guidance? I see there is a stylus > marketed > for this purpose, any experience?? > > George > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2640 - Release Date: 01/23/10 02:33:00 ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
