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Convention Paper

Sound Extraction of Delackered Records

Authors: Johnsen, Ottar; Bapst, Frédéric; Seydoux, Lionel

AES Convention 125 · Paper 7511 · October 2008

Abstract

Most direct cut records are made of an aluminum or glass plate with a coated acetate lacquer. Such records are often crackled due to the shrinkage of the coating. It is impossible to read such records mechanically. We are presenting here a technique to reconstruct the sound from such record by scanning the image of the record and combining the sound from the different parts of the "puzzle". The system has been tested by extracting sounds from sound archives in Switzerland and in Austria. The concepts will be presented as well as the main challenges. Extracted sound samples will be played.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 125
AES Convention
125
Paper number
7511
Publication date
October 6, 2008
Session subject
Analysis and Synthesis of Sound
Affiliation
Ecole d'ingenieurs et d'architectes de Fribourg (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper