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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"?

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> 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
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>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.
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>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
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>On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Don Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> On 01/10/2012, Dan Nelson wrote:
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>> > 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.
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>> 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]
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