Re: yet another inquiery

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Re: yet another inquiery

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a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz <coonsanders@...> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..

The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard <jpgirard@...> wrote:
>
> From: James P. Girard <jpgirard@...>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <audacity-users@...>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
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Hi lenny,

Toothpaste is an abrasive, so will wear your stylus away in very quick time! For LPs ( and I'm sure it goes for 78s) I use a 1" or so narrow paintbrush (new) and use that to brush out dust etc what I can around the disc. I use quite a bit of force.

After recording and exporting to individual wav tracks, I then use the nice wav editor in Exact Audio Copy to remove clicks and pops. When viewing the waveform in EAC editor, if you switch to spectrum view, they show up as bright red vertical bands. The are then easy to find, zoom into and then cut or smooth.

Any resulting surface noise I remove with standard Audacity noise removal tool. That lot generally gets me the best results - but it is a labour of love!

Allistair

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Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
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Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz <coonsanders@...> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..

The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard <jpgirard@...> wrote:
>
> From: James P. Girard <jpgirard@...>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <audacity-users@...>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
>
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Several years ago I successfully repaired a bad scratch in a 33 using a crayon, it worked very well. I think this would work on a 78 as well

Lee Yoder

At 10:03 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
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Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)

leonard schwartz < coonsanders@...> wrote:

> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..

The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a

difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might

get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than

the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard < jpgirard@...> wrote:

>

> From: James P. Girard < jpgirard@...>

> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...

> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" < audacity-users@...>

> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM

>

> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:

> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on

> >the 78.whatelse can i

> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..

> >

> >lenny

>

> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,

> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some

> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be

> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise

> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you

> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to

> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio

> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the

> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a

> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the

> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did

> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are

> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid

> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that

> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops

> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface

> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an

> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,

> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one

> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen

> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players

> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a

> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound

> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,

> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never

> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.

>

> JimG

>

>

>

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hi
thanks...

lenny

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Hi lenny,

Toothpaste is an abrasive, so will wear your stylus away in very quick time! For LPs ( and I'm sure it goes for 78s) I use a 1" or so narrow paintbrush (new) and use that to brush out dust etc what I can around the disc. I use quite a bit of force.

After recording and exporting to individual wav tracks, I then use the nice wav editor in Exact Audio Copy to remove clicks and pops. When viewing the waveform in EAC editor, if you switch to spectrum view, they show up as bright red vertical bands. The are then easy to find, zoom into and then cut or smooth.

Any resulting surface noise I remove with standard Audacity noise removal tool. That lot generally gets me the best results - but it is a labour of love!

Allistair

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Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
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Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz <[hidden email]> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..

The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> From: James P. Girard <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
>
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hi sir

what does a crayon do 4 a 78?i have a major one here big time..thanks.

lenny

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From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
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Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:12 AM

Several years ago I successfully repaired a bad scratch in a 33 using a crayon, it worked very well. I think this would work on a 78 as well

Lee Yoder

At 10:03 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
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Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)

leonard schwartz < [hidden email]> wrote:

> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..

The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a

difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might

get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than

the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard < [hidden email]> wrote:

>

> From: James P. Girard < [hidden email]>

> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...

> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" < [hidden email]>

> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM

>

> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:

> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on

> >the 78.whatelse can i

> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..

> >

> >lenny

>

> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,

> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some

> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be

> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise

> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you

> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to

> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio

> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the

> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a

> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the

> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did

> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are

> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid

> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that

> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops

> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface

> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an

> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,

> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one

> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen

> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players

> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a

> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound

> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,

> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never

> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.

>

> JimG

>

>

>

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I was able to fill in the scratch and then very carefully make the track across the scratch, the scratch I repaired was so severe that the needle was jumping the grove. there is a lot of manual work involved however I was able to salvage the record.

Lee

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hi sir

what does a crayon do 4 a 78?i have a major one here big time..thanks.

lenny

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From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery

To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:12 AM

Several years ago I successfully repaired a bad scratch in a 33 using a crayon, it worked very well. I think this would work on a 78 as well

Lee Yoder

At 10:03 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the

scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny

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Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz < coonsanders@...> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..

The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard < jpgirard@...> wrote:
>
> From: James P. Girard < jpgirard@...>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" < audacity-users@...>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
>
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hi
glad it worked 4 u.its amazing how guys will find there own "cure "for these issues.but will this work 4 78s?

lenny

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Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10:33 AM

I was able to fill in the scratch and then very carefully make the track across the scratch, the scratch I repaired was so severe that the needle was jumping the grove. there is a lot of manual work involved however I was able to salvage the record.

Lee

At 09:18 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:

hi sir

what does a crayon do 4 a 78?i have a major one here big time..thanks.

lenny

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Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery

To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:12 AM

Several years ago I successfully repaired a bad scratch in a 33 using a crayon, it worked very well. I think this would work on a 78 as well

Lee Yoder

At 10:03 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the

scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny

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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz < [hidden email]> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..

The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

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> From: James P. Girard < [hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" < [hidden email]>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
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Re: yet another inquiery

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I have not tried on 78's but have no reason to think that it would not work

Lee

At 09:44 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:

hi
glad it worked 4 u.its amazing how guys will find there own "cure "for these issues.but will this work 4 78s?

lenny

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Lee Yoder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery

To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10:33 AM

I was able to fill in the scratch and then very carefully make the track across the scratch, the scratch I repaired was so severe that the needle was jumping the grove. there is a lot of manual work involved however I was able to salvage the record.

Lee

At 09:18 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:

hi sir

what does a crayon do 4 a 78?i have a major one here big time..thanks.

lenny

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Lee Yoder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:12 AM

Several years ago I successfully repaired a bad scratch in a 33 using a crayon, it worked very well. I think this would work on a 78 as well

Lee Yoder

At 10:03 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz < coonsanders@...> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..
The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard < jpgirard@...> wrote:
>
> From: James P. Girard < jpgirard@...>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" < audacity-users@...>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
>
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Re: yet another inquiery

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hi
yea maybe....thanks.

lenny

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From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10:50 AM

I have not tried on 78's but have no reason to think that it would not work

Lee

At 09:44 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:

hi
glad it worked 4 u.its amazing how guys will find there own "cure "for these issues.but will this work 4 78s?

lenny

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Lee Yoder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery

To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10:33 AM

I was able to fill in the scratch and then very carefully make the track across the scratch, the scratch I repaired was so severe that the needle was jumping the grove. there is a lot of manual work involved however I was able to salvage the record.

Lee

At 09:18 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:

hi sir

what does a crayon do 4 a 78?i have a major one here big time..thanks.

lenny

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Lee Yoder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:12 AM

Several years ago I successfully repaired a bad scratch in a 33 using a crayon, it worked very well. I think this would work on a 78 as well

Lee Yoder

At 10:03 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
--- On Fri, 7/3/09, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
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To: [hidden email]
Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz < [hidden email]> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..
The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard < [hidden email]> wrote:
>
> From: James P. Girard < [hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" < [hidden email]>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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leonard schwartz

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hi
i have a computer question 4 u....how do u enable cookies in either ix or firefox?

lenny

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Lee Yoder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10:50 AM

I have not tried on 78's but have no reason to think that it would not work

Lee

At 09:44 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:

hi
glad it worked 4 u.its amazing how guys will find there own "cure "for these issues.but will this work 4 78s?

lenny

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Lee Yoder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery

To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>

Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10:33 AM

I was able to fill in the scratch and then very carefully make the track across the scratch, the scratch I repaired was so severe that the needle was jumping the grove. there is a lot of manual work involved however I was able to salvage the record.

Lee

At 09:18 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:

hi sir

what does a crayon do 4 a 78?i have a major one here big time..thanks.

lenny

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, Lee Yoder <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Lee Yoder <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 7:12 AM

Several years ago I successfully repaired a bad scratch in a 33 using a crayon, it worked very well. I think this would work on a 78 as well

Lee Yoder

At 10:03 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:

a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

thanks

lenny
--- On Fri, 7/3/09, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
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Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz < [hidden email]> wrote:
> yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..
The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard < [hidden email]> wrote:
>
> From: James P. Girard < [hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" < [hidden email]>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
>
> At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> >the 78.whatelse can i
> >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> >
> >lenny
>
> Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
>
> JimG
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: yet another inquiery

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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:03:31 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz <[hidden email]> wrote:

> a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
> scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

Is it a scratch or a crack? Repairing cracks is quite well documented:
http://78rpmrecord.com/repair.htm

Gale

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> From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
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> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
> leonard schwartz <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..
>
> The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
> difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
> get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
> the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.
>
>
> Gale
>
>
> > --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > From: James P. Girard <[hidden email]>
> > Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> > To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
> > Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
> >
> > At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> > >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> > >the 78.whatelse can i
> > >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> > >
> > >lenny
> >
> > Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> > 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> > stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> > effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> > comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> > pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> > eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> > and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> > best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> > child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> > physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> > 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> > more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> > of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> > goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> > and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> > noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> > effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> > produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> > low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> > sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> > you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> > small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> > quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> > even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> > going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
> >
> > JimG
> >
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Re: yet another inquiery

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thanks gale

--- On Sat, 7/4/09, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
To: [hidden email]
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 9:21 PM

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:03:31 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz <coonsanders@...> wrote:

> a collector friend in calif told me you can use toothpaste or something like it to fill in the
> scratch of a 78...is this true and if so how do u do it?i have a 78 with such a scratch

Is it a scratch or a crack? Repairing cracks is quite well documented:
http://78rpmrecord.com/repair.htm

Gale

> --- On Fri, 7/3/09, gale@... <gale@...> wrote:
>
> From: gale@... <gale@...>
> Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> To: audacity-users@...
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 4:13 PM
>
>
> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
> leonard schwartz <coonsanders@...> wrote:
> > yea thats what i thought....they are pretty worn and nothing will "save" them...thanks..
>
> The stylus you are playing them with now may well make a
> difference. Some "utilitarian" 78 rpm stylus that you might
> get off the shelf these days may still be much narrower than
> the sylus radii envisaged when the 78s were made.
>
>
> Gale
>
>
> > --- On Fri, 7/3/09, James P. Girard <jpgirard@...> wrote:
> >
> > From: James P. Girard <jpgirard@...>
> > Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] a new question...
> > To: "Discussion list for Audacity users" <audacity-users@...>
> > Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 10:35 AM
> >
> > At 09:00 PM 7/2/2009, you wrote:
> > >im editing some 78s and theres some very definate surfice noise on
> > >the 78.whatelse can i
> > >use to clean up this 78 besides the noise removal option?thanks..
> > >
> > >lenny
> >
> > Have you tried soap and water? (Apart from breaking if you drop them,
> > 78s are actually pretty rugged.) Compressed air can also knock some
> > stuff out of the grooves, and electronic wipes can sometimes be
> > effective. All that, of course, is assuming that the surface noise
> > comes from foreign matter. If it comes from surface damage, you
> > pretty much have to do it electronically, which is never going to
> > eliminate all the noise, even if you have a real production studio
> > and several copies of the record, so that you can patch together the
> > best parts of each. My 78s are the first records I listened to, as a
> > child (mostly WWII songs that belonged to my mother), and the
> > physical cleaning plus Audacity makes them sound better than they did
> > 60 years ago, which is more than enough for me. If your records are
> > more pristine than mine, or you're more ambitious about getting rid
> > of noise, there may be others on here who can recommend software that
> > goes beyond Audacity's capabilities. Audacity will diminish the pops
> > and clicks, and can remove a great deal of the constant surface
> > noise, which is not really caused by damage or dirt, but is just an
> > effect of the medium, like tape hiss. But in the end, 78s are 78s,
> > produced for an era when songs played on a record player with one
> > low-quality speaker and a stylus as big as a fine-point fountain pen
> > sounded pretty good to most people. (In fact, on those old players
> > you could substitute just about any metal pointed object, like a
> > small nail, for the stylus without any noticeable loss of sound
> > quality.) You can improve the sound of these records a great deal,
> > even with Audacity, but if they have surface damage you're never
> > going to make them sound like a well-kept LP or 45.
> >
> > JimG
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
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Browser cookies WAS: yet another inquiery

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On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:21:40 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz <[hidden email]> wrote:
> i have a computer question 4 u....how do u enable cookies in either ix
> or firefox?

This is nothing to do with Audacity or digital audio. In Firefox 3.5,
cookies are on by default, but you can turn them on/off as you
wish. See:
http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=de&comments_parentId=383634&forumId=1

in IE8, see Tools > Internet Options: Privacy tab.

Please use the help resources in IE or Firefox or search on the
internet if you need more help.

Gale

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Re: Browser cookies WAS: yet another inquiery

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thanks gale

lenny

--- On Sun, 7/5/09, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]>
Subject: [Audacity-users] Browser cookies WAS: yet another inquiery
To: [hidden email]
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 4:29 PM

On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:21:40 -0700 (PDT)
leonard schwartz <coonsanders@...> wrote:
> i have a computer question 4 u....how do u enable cookies in either ix
> or firefox?

This is nothing to do with Audacity or digital audio. In Firefox 3.5,
cookies are on by default, but you can turn them on/off as you
wish. See:
http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=de&comments_parentId=383634&forumId=1

in IE8, see Tools > Internet Options: Privacy tab.

Please use the help resources in IE or Firefox or search on the
internet if you need more help.

Gale

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Re: yet another inquiery

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At 02:58 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:
>Toothpaste is an abrasive, so will wear your stylus away in very
>quick time! For LPs ( and I'm sure it goes for 78s) I use a 1" or so
>narrow paintbrush (new) and use that to brush out dust etc what I
>can around the disc. I use quite a bit of force.

I've also heard that the tape they use to collect fingerprints from
surfaces will pull out grime from 78s. But I haven't tried it. I
don't even know where you'd get that kind of tape.

JimG

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Re: yet another inquiery

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i c.....

--- On Mon, 7/6/09, James P. Girard <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: James P. Girard <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-users] yet another inquiery
To: "Allistair Bywater" <[hidden email]>, "Discussion list for Audacity users" <[hidden email]>
Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 9:53 AM

At 02:58 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote:
>Toothpaste is an abrasive, so will wear your stylus away in very
>quick time! For LPs ( and I'm sure it goes for 78s) I use a 1" or so
>narrow paintbrush (new) and use that to brush out dust etc what I
>can around the disc. I use quite a bit of force.

I've also heard that the tape they use to collect fingerprints from
surfaces will pull out grime from 78s. But I haven't tried it. I
don't even know where you'd get that kind of tape.

JimG

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