[78-L] Audacity and off-center transfers

[dlennick dlennick]

Appoligeis for typoes. (Using a laptop which I hate coz Ikeep missing 
keys or hitting too wide..just not used to this thing, plus the screen 
is about half the size I'm used to.)


    ------ Original Message ------
    From: dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid
    To: 78-L at 78online.com
    Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 7:29 PM
    Subject: Re: [78-L] Audacity and off-center transfers


  I've done the same for decades, using an extra mat and an extra LP to
  raise the disc. I have an old record weight liberated from the CBC to
  keep everything in place. Too bad so many reissues have veen done with
  nobopdy paying attention to centering.

  dl


      ------ Original Message ------
      From: malcolm at 78data.com.invalid
      To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
      Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 7:20 PM
      Subject: Re: [78-L] Audacity and off-center transfers


    I use a piece of 1/4" Styrofoam sheet cut to 12" diameter. Punch or
  cut
    or ream out a hole in the center just big enough to fit over your
    turntable spindle. Put the adapter on the table. The spindle should 
be
    hidden in the hole. Place an off-center (78rpm) record on the 
adapter
    with the center holes lining up  The friction between the styro and
  the
    record will be enough to hold the record stationary on the styro no
    matter what speed you're going to play it at. Run the table 
initially
  at
    33 or 45 and adjust the record by gently tapping along its edge 
until
    the groove no longer wanders and tracks straight. Then you can play
  the
    record at it's normal speed when digitizing.
    I use a Technics SP-15 table and this trick works every time.
    I've never lost a record due to it's being flung off the machine!
    I don't think Audacity or Audition have an algorithm that allows the
    digital repair of an off-center disc. At least they didn't a few 
years
  back.
    Malcolm R

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    On 3/10/2022 1:58 PM, Rodger J Holtin wrote:
    > Just picked up a CD of Teddy Wilson Columbias (booklet missing, of
  course)
    > and the first track is off-center.  Rust shows that title as
  unissued, so
    > the source might be a one-only.  C'est la vie.
    >
    >
    >
    > I've learned a lot of tricks with Audacity and I'm going to guess
  there's a
    > fix for regular pitch changes such as those wrought by off-center
  78s, but I
    > haven't figured it out yet.
    >
    >
    >
    > Anybody else mastered that technique?
    >
    >
    >
    > Rodger Holtin
    >
    > 78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII
    >
    >
    >
    > For Best Results Use Victor Needles
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >

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