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Convention Paper

Up-To-Date Replay Facilities for Obsolete Mechanical Sound Recording Formats

Authors: Brock-Nannestad, George

AES Convention 104 · Paper 4702 · May 1998

Abstract

Obsolete mechanical formats form a major part of archives' holdings. Once a format has passed into obsolescence, there is virtually no commercial development in replay facilities, and the system as such dies. The paper discusses the fundamental principles of mechanical recording and replay as well as the latest construction for replaying historical discs and cylinders, commercial and noncommercial. An addendum gives simple instructions to the archive having only an occasional need to replay historical formats.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 104
AES Convention
104
Paper number
4702
Publication date
May 6, 1998
Session subject
Recording Restoration and Enhancement
Affiliation
The AV-Preservation initiative, Gentofte, Denmark (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper