wolfvid Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7310000/newsid_7318200/7318249.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&ms3=54&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2 and how to reproduce old recordings... wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBoisseau Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 That's quite fasinating! I'd sure like to know more about it. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBoisseau Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 That's quite fasinating! I'd sure like to know more about it. Tom Okay. here we go. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/arts/27soun.html?ex=1207281600&en=5657a5508af06d36&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 I have never had much respect for Edison anyways. Is there anything he ever invented? Most of the stuff he purchased,stole or exploited out of Tesla , Marconi and some German dude. Okay. here we go. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/arts/27soun.html?ex=1207281600&en=5657a5508af06d36&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izen Ears Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 WOW! This is awesome - another thread for the "Historical" category! It is also really funny how she breaks up laughing - the recording is pretty haunting and awful you can't really tell if it's a human voice or some demon. You could re-catagorize this audio clip as modern experimental music. It only played in IE, not Firefox for some reason. Thank you for the post I loved it! Dan Izen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izen Ears Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I was listening to this 1860 recording again and I was wondering - does anyone know anything about this process the dude used? A needle scratching paper that had burn marks in it?! How would this device play back anything? What a great clip thanks again! Dan Izen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 It only played in IE, not Firefox for some reason. Firefox wasn't out at the time. Everyone just used Internet Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikefilosa Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I first came across this recording at a special seminar presented at the AES / 2008 San Fran. It was a stunning demonstration and a great listen, with a great sound system in place - a highlight at that convention for me! The room was completely captivated - it was eerie, given that we were listening to something from 1860 at a real performance level. (yes it was a bit scratchy and buried in 150 years of noise floor, but absolutely intelligible) It was much more a "printed transcription" than a true recording, and they were very clear in the distinction at the presentation. Picture a large balloony transducer stimulating a pen, writing to a moving (pulled by hand!) paper scroll. Equally remarkable was the process described to "decode" the scroll - obtaining the frequency, modulation and amplitude. The process took a long time and a lot of sincere dedication. Check out : http://www.firstsounds.org/ http://www.firstsounds.org/sounds/index.php Michael Filosa, CAS Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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