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

[Erwin Kluwer]

Just use your ears! In contrary what a lot a people believe... there were no
fixed EQs  for early recordings.  Acousic recordings should be played flat
(no equalization at all)..  Other  people believe in adding equalisation to
compensate for the distortion of the curve (mainly introduced by the
recording horn). But since there are so many variables involved you actually
need a graphic display of the curve to be able to restore it... Bottom line:
tons of variables, different vison of experts,no industry standard what so
ever...Best way to go..go for what sounds best to you...

Erwin

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Mike Daley <mikedaley at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> 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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