I agree, Tom!

This is actually better sound than the low-level tape we were discussing 
earlier today, sadly. In fact, what Patrick posted is probably more 
intelligible than the low-level sound AFTER I attempted to clean it up!

This also made it to the Society of American Archivists List!

Kudos to Patrick!

Cheers,

Richard


On 2012-06-20 7:13 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
> This is amazing stuff! I'm hoping Patrick Feaster is on-list for this 
> discussion.
>
> Question -- is there an algorhythm to remove the modulation noise 
> behind the voice? It seems to be repeated modulation, just like if a 
> disk were played and the groove was "listing" to one side, sort of a 
> woosh-woosh-woosh. Because it's a relatively uniform modulation, I'm 
> wondering if it can be "zero'd out" to improve voice audibility?
>
> In any case, very impressive indeed! For the record collector, does 
> this preview a time when we can put our scratched or poorly pressed 
> records on a scanner, grab an image and then use software to "play" 
> the groove and correct things like rough material in the groove (what 
> I call "grit distortion"), overcut grooves (usually heard as fuzz 
> distortion), bad scratches (requiring software to "guess and repair" 
> the damaged groove walls) and pressed-in "pimples" (again requiring 
> "guess and repair")?
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey, Michael T" 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:39 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] audio from pictures
>
>
> For those of you following Patrick Feaster's work on the earliest 
> sound recordings, you might be interested in his recovery of the voice 
> of Emile Berliner from a picture in a periodical.
>
> There is a news release from Indiana University here
> http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/22508.html
>
> A summary version on our blog with an audio clip
> http://mediapreservation.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/extracting-audio-from-pictures-summary/ 
>
>
> Patrick's description of this project
> http://mediapreservation.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/extracting-audio-from-pictures/ 
>
>
>
> Mike
>
> ------------
> Mike Casey
> Director of Media Preservation Services
> Media Preservation Initiative
> Indiana University Bloomington
>
> (812)855-8090
>
> http://www.indiana.edu/~medpres/
> http://mediapreservation.wordpress.com/
>



-- 
Richard L. Hess                   email: [log in to unmask]
Aurora, Ontario, Canada           (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.