The full, i.e. Pro, version of Sound Forge does wonderful crossfades. The light Audio Studio version does not.
Best,
Gary
Gary Galo
Audio Engineer Emeritus
The Crane School of Music
SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676
"Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener."
Arnold Schoenberg
"A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed."
Igor Markevitch
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Richard Kaplan <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 2:21:35 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DELIUS
Hi Ben,
Way too many 78s here to transfer, and I couldn't do it nearly as well as my friend and colleague Mark Obert-Thorn. Moreover, I confess that, fortunately, I retain a great love for the 78s themselves, as they connect me to my earliest experiences with music; I suspect that's why many collectors still have them. I do listen to lots of commercial transfers, too, for example the Beecham CD set on Warner mentioned earlier in the thread, especially when I'm listening with others, and I have an extensive collection of historic CDs. But I find that listening four or five minutes at a time helps me focus on the music in a way a complete, uninterrupted performance does not always. I did invest in a Korg digital studio to learn how to do rudimentary transfers, but so far the learning curve has been too daunting and my investment in noise-reduction software too small for optimal results; does the Sound Forge allow overlaps in addition to splices? In any event, I'm too busy reviewing records (CDs for Fanfare magazine), selling records (78s by mail-order auction), and listening to records to devote much time to experiments in transferring them myselfl
Best,
Rich
In a message dated 11/7/2017 6:10:00 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
Hi Richard,
I'm curious to know how you listen to the 78s. Have you transferred them
and spliced them or do you listen to one side at a time very patiently?
I used to have to do that way back when, but Sony Sound Forge 9 saved my
sanity with great splicing capabilities.
Regards,
BR
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Richard Kaplan <
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> Absolutely. I have all three volumes of the Delius Society 78s on
> Columbia, plus the set on Victor and sundry other items; my father
> schlepped a copy of volume 1, a gift from a girlfriend, all over Europe
> during WWII, and those recordings were among my earliest listening. The
> Warner CD box of Beecham's final recordings of many Delius works is
> absurdly inexpensive but unfortunately does not include earlier versions of
> pieces he rerecorded.
>
> Rich Kaplan
>
> In a message dated 11/4/2017 8:44:37 AM Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> Hello everybody
>
> Are there any Delius fans out there?
>
> Regards,
> Ben Roth
>
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