Also, I remember reading about using a flatbed scanner to rip old records. No pointers for you, but might be another area to research. --- Steven Santos Director Simply Circus, Inc. 86 Los Angeles Street Newton, MA 02458
P: 617-527-0667 F: 617-934-1870 E: ste...@simplycircus.com On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 10:57 PM, John Abreau <j...@blu.org> wrote: > Thanks! That looks like a good starting point. > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Steven Santos <ste...@simplycircus.com> > wrote: >> >> http://www.lp2cd.com/ >> --- >> Steven Santos >> Director >> Simply Circus, Inc. >> 86 Los Angeles Street >> Newton, MA 02458 >> >> P: 617-527-0667 >> F: 617-934-1870 >> E: ste...@simplycircus.com >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 12:12 AM, John Abreau <j...@blu.org> wrote: >> > Doesn't do 78s; it only plays at 33.3 and 45 rpm. And the needle would >> > probably destroy the 78s while trying to play them. >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Steven Santos <ste...@simplycircus.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> For $40 this might be worth trying: >> >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0029QRA1U/transfermymusic-20 >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Steven Santos >> >> Director >> >> Simply Circus, Inc. >> >> 86 Los Angeles Street >> >> Newton, MA 02458 >> >> >> >> P: 617-527-0667 >> >> F: 617-934-1870 >> >> E: ste...@simplycircus.com >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Kent Borg <kentb...@borg.org> wrote: >> >> > The frustrating (or amazing) thing about 78s is they are not >> >> > "information" >> >> > devices they are "industrial": They have big grooves that make big >> >> > excursions and they whip by really fast, all to make noise rather >> >> > directly. >> >> > There is no amplifier in an old Victrola, yet it makes a room full of >> >> > sound. >> >> > The 78 record isn't just information, it is a big part of the sound >> >> > reproduction system, and playing it is destructive. But you knew >> >> > that. >> >> > >> >> > I have a related problem, I inherited a zillion slides from my >> >> > parents' >> >> > world travels. How to digitize them? There were two obvious routes: >> >> > use >> >> > some >> >> > service or buy a slide scanner. Pricing the services was scary--not >> >> > bad >> >> > for >> >> > a few but crazy expensive for a lot. Looking that reviews of scanners >> >> > I >> >> > was >> >> > disappointed with the quality, and they can be slow. >> >> > >> >> > So I took the homebrew approach and crafted my own "scanner". Right >> >> > now >> >> > there is a lot of competition in the high-end camera market, so I >> >> > bought >> >> > the >> >> > fanciest DSLR any normal person should buy with his/er own money, and >> >> > I >> >> > am >> >> > taking pictures of the slides. >> >> > >> >> > A macro lens, a light box, a tripod, a black plastic food container >> >> > with >> >> > a >> >> > hole in it upside down to move the slide up from the >> >> > less-than-perfect >> >> > diffuser (use distance to diffuse and throw small patterning out of >> >> > focus), >> >> > a remote release, wooden bracing to hold the camera more steady...and >> >> > a >> >> > bunch of futzing...and I can see the film grain. >> >> > >> >> > My wife and I can digitize slides as fast as we can individually pull >> >> > them >> >> > out of a Carousel, puff off the dust, place them in the upside down >> >> > food >> >> > container, and return them. In about the time that it would take to >> >> > pack >> >> > up >> >> > a batch to send out, we are done with that batch. Well, not done yet, >> >> > but on >> >> > a recent long weekend visit to the ol' homestead we digitized over >> >> > four >> >> > thousand slides, and that's a good fraction of the total >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > As for 78s, I might be crazy...but a 78 side usually only runs >> >> > 3-something >> >> > minutes of low-fidelity sound. There isn't much fundamental >> >> > information >> >> > there, a high quality photo (or several stitched) of a record side >> >> > might >> >> > capture it all. Then it is a "simple matter of programming" to >> >> > recover >> >> > the >> >> > sound! You could even crop out the label details for your metadata. >> >> > >> >> > Googling "optical record groove software"... >> >> > >> >> > Amazing recovering of audio from paper recordings: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > https://mediapreservation.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/extracting-audio-from-pictures/ >> >> > >> >> > A hacker who demonstrated he could get something audible from LP >> >> > photos: >> >> > http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/DigitalNeedle/index.html >> >> > >> >> > There are plenty of general purpose open source imaging processing >> >> > libraries >> >> > available, maybe there is specific useful software available from the >> >> > Irene >> >> > project?? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -kb >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Discuss mailing list >> >> > Discuss@blu.org >> >> > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Discuss mailing list >> >> Discuss@blu.org >> >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix >> > Email j...@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 >> > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 >> > > > > > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > Email j...@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss