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Audio restoration hardware: Turntable: Stanton ST.150 with Stanton 500 cartridge. Audio restoration software: Use with care! Audio Restoration: A retired Australian maths professor has designed some low price and incredibly effective products for sound restoration: ClickRepair, Denoise, Denoise LF and Equalizer. Diamond Cut productions are the makers of the various versions of DC audio restoration software - I’ve mostly used DC6, but am soon upgrading to DC7. Audacity is a free open source sound editor, with plugins available to deal with many sound restoration issues HarBal is a “sonic balancing” program, which analyses the spectrum of an entire audio file. It can be useful for compensating for the deficiencies of older recordings. Sonic Visualiser is a free program developed by Queen Mary University of London for a wide range of sound analysis. Historic recordings online: The British Library: Many historic recordings now available online, though not accessible in all parts of the world, due to licensing issues. The Mapleson Cylinders: full documentation of these fascinating recordings. The audio files no longer work. Otterhouse: Another restorer of old recordings. Violinland: Website of Cheniston K Roland, a violin enthusiast, and collector of historic violin recordings. Neal’s Historical Corner: Another restorer of old recordings. CHARM: The Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music. Pristine Audio: Home of some of the most remarkable remasterings of historic recordings to be heard anywhere. Historic Recordings: More historic recordings available to buy (including some which have appeared on this site.) 78 Heaven: Hstoric vocal recordings in transfers with minimal processing. Historic recordings - information CHARM: The Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music. This includes a number of searchable discographies DISMARC: Online searchable discography Victor discography: Online searchable discography of Victor recordings The Record Collector: The long-running quarterly magazine devoted to historic vocal art. Classic Record Collector magazine: Quarterly magazine devoted to historic classical recordings. Gramophone magazine archives: Searchable complete archive of Gramophone magazine, first published in 1923.
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