[78-L] EQ ideas for transferring acoustic 78s?

[Royal Pemberton]

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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wait until you get your hands on a parametric equaliser....those can fix
> narrow bandwith anomalies like the odd honk or steady hum.
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> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Mike Daley <mikedaley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I've been transferring a pile of acoustic 78, mostly from 1905-1915, using
>> GarageBand. GB has a 31-band graphic EQ plugin that I've been using to
>> reduce surface noise and bring out the best sounding frequencies to my
>> ears.
>> When I get a good sounding curve I save it, and I've been finding that
>> certain curves match with record companies - thus I have a Columbia EQ, a
>> Victor EQ, and so on.
>> Here's a screenshot of the EQ:
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>> https://picasaweb.google.com/113739142351242060883/Records?authkey=Gv1sRgCN2CxfnNztqZjQE&feat=directlink
>> Does anyone have tips for bringing the best out of records from this era?
>>
>> thanks for any advice.
>>
>> Mike
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