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Sorry, I've been away and didn't have my password. I'd like to that terrible break, just so I could fix it and get satisfaction. Please tell me what label and catalogue number? We probably have it here in the Recorded Sound Archives. Regards, Ben On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:51 PM, BURNHAM <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > d > > Sent from my iPhone > > > 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 > >>> > >> >