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Convention Paper

Manufacturing Recordings from 100 Year Old Masters

Authors: Davies, Sean; Hooning, Rinus

AES Convention 124 · Paper 7456 · May 2008

Abstract

Most work on the 78rpm analogue recording format concentrates on pressings made near to the time of the recording and the best ways to retrieve the information from these for future storage and reproduction.
However, a considerable number of metal master plates have been preserved from the earliest days to the end of the format’s active period.
This paper describes a project to manufacture new pressings from the original plates, the reasons for so doing and the technical challenges involved.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 124
AES Convention
124
Paper number
7456
Publication date
May 6, 2008
Session subject
Audio Archiving, Storage, Restoration, and Content Management
Affiliation
S.W.Davies Ltd.;Record Industry Bv (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper