[78-L] RE; Record Noises - Identify and Understand Cause

[David Lennick]

And various stylus tips will make a difference, sometimes eliminating blasting, 
sometimes tracking much better from one side of the record to the next. I'm 
doing an album right now where some sides are quieter with a 2.1 mil truncated 
elliptical and others play better with a 3.5, all recorded on the same equipment.

dl

On 1/12/2014 10:46 PM, Ken Matheson wrote:
> I know this will not answer your question directly.
> But  shellac is bug barf and will deteriorate over time
> and will get needle drops, and scratches. There
> Will be wear from steel needles,  You may want
> to Google to find articles to read on record noise.
>
> It is not as simple as one may think.
> Depending what quality of recording you want
> to end up with, will determine your procedure.
>
> Generally I do a number of steps.
>
> Clean the record. This will reduce some of the noise
> I use dish soap and water. Some others on this list
> use cleaning machines and special cleaning fluid.
> There are cleaning tips on You tube.
>
> Turntable, I use 2 DJ turntables with adjustable speed.
>
> Cartridges with proper needles. Stanton 500 series seem
> to work OK for 78s. On vertical cut 78s, i.e. Edison, you
> will need to rewire the cartridge outputs.
>
> I use a DJ mixer, And a preamp for cartridges
> with low outputs. The mixer works OK for the 500s.
>
> Forget the sound card in your computer for quality. I use
> A Masterlink 9600 for recording. There are a couple of
> other good ones also. I use an EMU 0202 for recordings
> off the air. This is a USB external sound card. It may be
> a low cost alternative for recording.
>
> The Masterlink makes a CD with AIF files, or a standard CD.
>
> I put the AIF files on the hard drive.
>
> I use Sony Sound Forge to process the music. This has a
> number of ways to remove the noise. I edit the big clicks
> by hand. One of the things I use often is to take a noise print
> of the lead in, or lead out and use this to remove some noise
> of the record. There are other noise reductions in the Sound
> Forge that I will use also. There are many special effects in
> Sound Forge I use once in a while. You can set the level,
> Add fade in, out to your finished product. Etc. You can create
> Wave, MP3, WMA, etc. also.
>
> CD Architect comes with Sound Forge to create CDs.
>
> I have made a transformer coupler to remove some of
> the harshness and match balanced TRS, to unbalanced RCA
> Jacks.  when recording off the air.
>
> I am sure many of the people on this list are more knowledgeable
> than me and they will be willing to share their expertise.
>
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