[78-L] Problem with very high energy incorporated into remastered 78s

[DAVID BURNHAM]

I agree with Royal Pemberton, the problem is with some ill-judged equalization.  I also find the files painful to listen to and there's no better word for the problem than "honking".  A DAW parametric equalizer should make a considerable improvement but don't use it to boost what you sense is missing, (highs or lows);  use it to remove the problem frequencies in the middle, between 500 hz and 900 hz, and use a lower "Q" value.

Good luck!
db
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On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:13:18 PM, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
 
I agree with Royal Pemberton, the problem is with some ill-judged equalization.  I also find the files painful to listen to and there's no better word for the problem than "honking".  A DAW parametric equalizer should make a considerable improvement but don't use it to boost what you sense is missing, (highs or lows);  use it to remove the problem frequencies in the middle, between 500 hz and 900 hz, and use a lower "Q" value.
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>Good luck!
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>On Monday, February 3, 2014 5:49:41 PM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Thanks for the links....I don't hear overload or 'brickwall' distortion but
>>I can sense a little dynamic range compression, and also there is a nagging
>>'honk' around 900-1000 Hz that a little effort made with a parametric EQ
>>would have smoothed out nicely.  I wonder if the latter quirk is what's
>>irritating you?
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>>On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Shapiro <steveshapiro1 at juno.com>wrote:
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>>> Here you go.  These three happen to be acoustic, but there is the same
>>> problem with electrical recordings.
>>>
>>> Thanks./steve
>>>
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>>> http://thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/stream-tracks-from-to-what-strange-place_the-music-of-the-ottoman-american-diaspora_1916-1?SELECT%20*%20%20FROM%20request_redirect
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizgyxGSrFs
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>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMRknxvZO8&list=PLa4MjRLLBBZgaf3y6XoaSZhKV846RWiOw
>>>
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>>> On 2/3/2014 4:24 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>> > Post some audio examples,
 please....
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Steve Shapiro wrote:
>>>
>>> I have occasionally found myself listening to some sound files of
>>> remastered 78s - mp3s and CDs - that seem to have incorporated some sort of
>>> very high energy that is painful to my ears.  One friend (Friend #1) did a
>>> CD set which I can only tolerate if I play it in one room and listen to it
>>> in another room.  I presume sound of the energy gets absorbed in the
>>> playing room.
>>>
>>> Another friend (Friend #2) has started using a program called iZotope RX -
>>> RX3 which produces very nice sound, but my ears can't tolerate the energy.
>>>
>>> A third friend with sound experience, but not with remastering 78s,
>>> (Friend #3) suggests that this problem arises from remastering programs'
>>> compression of sound.  I hardly know anything about sound compression or
>>> sound compression issues, but I do know that I listen to most recordings
>>> comfortably, unremarkably, and with no issues, while some remastered 78s
>>> are intolerable to my ears.
>>>
>>> Can anyone explain what is going on and offer any advice and guidance I
>>> can pass on to Friends #1 and #2?
>>>
>>> Thanks./steve
>>>
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