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Digital Audio Antiquing-Signal Processing Methods for Imitating the Sound Quality of Historical Recordings

Authors: Välimäki, Vesa; González, Sira; Kimmelma, Ossi; Parviainen, Jukka

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 56 · Issue 3 · pp. 115–139 · March 2008

Abstract

Processing modern audio files to make them appear to have originated from historic technology, called antiquing, is the inverse of restoring old recordings. Simulating both global and local degradations of older technologies can be useful in such applications as testing restoration algorithms. A theoretical analysis of old recordings combined with numerous case studies results in a convincing imitation of historic phonograph and gramophone recordings. This work was motivated by a museum that wanted to show how audio technology has evolved over the last 150 years.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
56
Issue
3
Pages
115–139
Publication date
March 6, 2008
Affiliation
Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article