[78-L] audio software

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Jul 21 08:18:08 PDT 2009


David Lennick wrote:

> Recently I had a bunch of 78 by British brass bands to transfer, and all of the 
> records seemed way off pitch..too high. But it was established that the tuning 
> was higher in the fifties, and I tried a few tests before realizing that 
> playing the discs at .7% below 78RPM gave me the exact timing that was on the 
> labels (not always an accurate guide, but these were discs made for broadcast 
> and production purposes so they should have been correct). It also probably 
> worked out to 77.92RPM which is the actual speed used in Britain, as opposed to 
> 78.26 over here.

> dl
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But it's possible that the timings were taken off the disc, rather than 
the actual performance.

       Julian Vein


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