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

[Royal Pemberton]

Here's a little over a minute of 'Groung' with the following tweaks from a
Sony MU-E041 parametric EQ:

https://app.box.com/s/9hzb0sig53v0epw8rw0w

-6 dB at about 800 Hz with a Q of about .68, and -3 dB around 900 Hz with a
Q of about 1.3.


On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 4:59 AM, <david.diehl at hensteeth.com> wrote:

> Groung is quite lovely!
> Before DSP it was common for engineers to 'compensate' for severe
> filtering of highs by boosting the signal in the 1-3khz range. The results
> were often dreadful, yielding blaring trumpets, sopranos and clarinets. I
> bought my first equalizer in order to undo some of the worst excesses.
> Sounds like there's a peak around 1800-2000 hz so if you try re-EQing you
> might get something more listenable, though you'll probably hear more DSP
> and MP3 artifacts along with the surface noise and studio ambience.
> DJD
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Shapiro [mailto:steveshapiro1 at juno.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2014 04:17 PM
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Problem with very high energy incorporated into
> remastered 78s
>
> Here you go. These three happen to be acoustic, but there is the same
> problem with electrical recordings.Thanks./stevehttp://
> 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_redirecthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GizgyxGSrFshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMRknxvZO8&list=PLa4MjRLLBBZgaf3y6XoaSZhKV846RWiOwOn2/3/2014 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 us
>  ing 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____________________________________________________________Odd
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