[78-L] Silence (no 78 hiss) on CD issues

[David Lennick]

CEDAR now has a de-hiss program that is wonderful (I've heard it), but is 
designed primarily to remove TAPE hiss, which is a real problem with analog 
masters from 1948 onwards. And I remember an early de-hiss version that removed 
the tenor voice from a Mills Brothers master I was working on, so I politely 
requested that it not be used (as politely as is possible, for me).

dl

simmonssomer wrote:
> The world is full of <deleteds>. I have several in my own family.
> However...as long as they do not alter the highs and lows and maintain the 
> same dynamic (dB)characteristics of the 78
> I don't miss the hiss.
> Sometimes the surface hiss masks the  the vocalist's glottal hiss on 
> transcriptions and ffrr's, for example..
> 
> Al Simmons
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Silence (no 78 hiss) on CD issues
> 
> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher at pdq.net>
>>> At 09:29 PM 2/4/2010, you wrote:
>>>> I remember a Golden Gate Quartet CD on Sony that had that same "too much
>>>> silence" effect.
>>> Then why do they kill the hiss on CD reissues of old 78 rpm
>>> recordings? It's silly to alter an old recording like that.......
>>>
>> Because the <deleteds> that run "record" companies assume that ALL CD 
>> buyers
>> want the "NO SURFACE NOISE" (supposed) advantage of CD's over analog
>> records...?!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>