[78-L] Where were the dubbed Caruso records made?

[Ryan Wolfe]

I've gotten some very good results transferring acousticals at half speed, too.   The end result, along with judicious EQ, comes out surprisingly smooth and balanced.

And on the subject of Caruso, I heard of supposedly  a good sounding Italian RCA LP of Caruso that used half-speed transfers.   But I've never sought it out.


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 From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Where were the dubbed Caruso records made?
 
In fact great sound can be derived from acousticals with judicious application 
of EQ. Many of them can sound better than early electricals.

dl

On 2/28/2013 2:19 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> Ah, I had been looking thru the thread and other print sources, and had
> not yet gotten to the film.  But although there is the possibility that
> the contrast between the sound quality of the orchestra could overwhelm
> the acoustical recording of the voice, there ARE ways that restoration
> engineers have used that DO revitalize the recordings.  Stockham's
> Soundstream is one -- but not necessarily the most successful.  I think
> that my friends Ward Marston and Mark Obet-Thorn both feel that they
> have their own ways of revitalizing the acoustical recordings.  To the
> machine collectors here, as well as to the Nimbus Nitwits, playing the
> records on acoustical machines is NOT one of them!
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> From: Michael Shoshani<michael.shoshani at gmail.com>
> On 02/28/2013 12:18 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>> From: Mike Harkin<xxm.harkin at yahoo.com>
>>> "Revitalise Caruso's voice"!!!??? Who was the khokhem at HMV or
>>> Victor who got the bright idea that [a] Caruso's voice needed any
>>> revitalising,
>>
>> Where did this quote come from? Did you make it up?
>>
>
>
> Nope. It's about 1:15 into the video. As it shows various technicians at
>
> work twisting dials and watching meters, the announcer says "Now for
> years, recording engineers have been attempting to find some way by
> which the voice of Caruso could be revitalized, and the true beauty and
> dramatic fervor brought out. And at last they have succeeded."
>
> MS
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