[78-L] Speaking About Really Early Film Sound Technology -- Read This. Whoa!

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

Michael Biel wrote:
> ...The wow created by this machine is not as evident in speech as it is in
> music, although I do hear the wow especially in the second half of the
> Edison speech.  Listen to the chimes and the music in the YouTube
> example.  As I have mentioned, I have all of the transfers and the music
> is very difficult to listen to. 
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUm_mPizQFk
>
> As I have mentioned, I think the wow is on the playback machine -- I
> HOPE it is on the machine and not on the films.  The machine needs to be
> greatly improved or a REAL player needs to be modified.  They do hope to
> do this if funding can be obtained.  This machine was cobbled together
> without much knowledge of how sound recordings are really played to just
> prove to potential backers that it could be done and to start to catalog
> what is on the films. 
>   
If these guys were such incredible geniuses, how come they couldn't use 
a capstan? Seems they were trying to reinvent the wheel to a certain 
degree. Doesn't this technology closely resemble the sound system used 
up into 60's using optics?
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