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Convention Paper

The Objective Basis for the Production of High Quality Transfers from Pre-1925 Sound Recordings

Authors: Brock-Nannestad, George

AES Convention 103 · Paper 4610 · September 1997

Abstract

A considerable appreciation of early records is noted in the CD market; however, the resulting signals presented on these CDs are extremely inconsistent. It is un-historical and hence un-authentic to use an expectation of the taste of present-day listeners as the guiding principle for transfers. Rather than trying to criticize those responsible for such transfers, the present paper presents the recording process of the acoustic period in order to promote a necessary step of interpretation and reverse engineering.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 103
AES Convention
103
Paper number
4610
Publication date
September 6, 1997
Session subject
Sound Restoration and Archiving
Affiliation
The School of Conservation of The Royal Danish Academy for Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper