One of the worst was Bruno Walter's Beethoven's 6th, side one to side two. I now use ProTools and joining sides is a breeze.
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> On Nov 8, 2017, at 3:13 PM, 6295LARGE . <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Gary,
> Yes, Sound Forge 9 and upwards have the capability of overlapping, but on
> separate channels then merging them. I've given many demonstrations using
> the 4th movement of Tchaikovksy's 5th with Koussevitzky. The 1st break in
> the 4th movement is terrible, but I "make it all better". I grew up with
> the 78's and I'm delighted that I can fix it. Of course it was reissued on
> LP in '47 but I didn't know about it till much later.
>
> Regards,
> Ben
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:21 AM, Richard Kaplan <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> 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 <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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