As soon as I figure out how to cover my bum and claim it was a pun, I will do so. Are you aware that CEDAR now has an application which can correct "WOW"? db >________________________________ > From: Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 11:06:04 AM >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Reducing crackle from 78 rpm records the analogue way on 70's reissue LP's > >Absolute pitch is not necessary in order to obtain the correct playback >speed. Any device that will verify the pitches or key is enough, provided >you know what the original key was. What is far more necessary, in fact >essential, is a sensitivity to speed instability. As someone else observed, >centering is often inadequately done and the resultant "WOW" is an analogue >artifact that is entirely avoidable but fatally compromises the result. > >Department of homonymic error: Someone's posting yesterday confused "phase" >(derived from Latin and Greek) with "faze" (derived from Middle English). >Or was it supposed to be a pun? > >DDR > >On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Don Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> On 01/10/2012, Dan Nelson wrote: >> >> > Somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind it seems like someone posted >> > that John RT Davies used a Shure M44 for many of his transfers with >> > appropriate stylus and eq of course..... Does anyone else have better >> > information ?? >> > >> Yes, I think that is what he says in an interview which is on his >> site. >> >> Do we agree that for transferring "78"s, it is essential to have >> absolute pitch, to get the right speed ? >> >> Regards >> -- >> Don Cox >> [log in to unmask] >> > > > >-- >Dennis D. Rooney >303 W. 66th Street, 9HE >New York, NY 10023 >212.874.9626 > > >