But they do say analog is better than digital ...
Posted on 04/07/2022 10:36:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
These wax cylinders were game-changers in the later nineteenth century. People could slide a blank cylinder onto their Edison phonographs and record themselves and their surroundings. However, because they are incredibly fragile, these cylinder recordings were considered unplayable by those living in the modern age – at least until now.
These recordings will not remain a mystery for much longer. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which has a collection of these wax cylinders, recently acquired an Endpoint Cylinder and Dictabelt Machine. This modern machine, invented by Nicholas Bergh, can digitize wax cylinders thanks to a laser and needle combination. The Endpoint Cylinder and Dictabelt Machine can even digitalize broken cylinders.
It will still be a few years before the entire wax cylinder collection housed at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will be digitized. However, once this process is complete, listeners throughout America who have access to a computer will be able to hear these mysterious tapes. We will get to learn how people sounded over one hundred years ago, from the comfort of our own homes.
(Excerpt) Read more at thevintagenews.com ...
Loved that ad.
Like to think of that as me in front of a Marshal Stack. Nothing but tubes.
Guitar/bass ping
Thanks for the ping...
Too bad I can’t stand anything recorded before 1955. I know, it’s just me.
There's a guy on my block who owns a computer. Maybe he'll let me use it.
Graven images will be made.
Really? I’ll need to take the bus...somewhere.
As soon as I saw the article was about wax cylinders, I immediately thought about this:
This was hilarious back in the day, in a sad way.
Oh my!
“Are youd one with that?”
But they do say analog is better than digital ...
“Like to think of that as me in front of a Marshal Stack. Nothing but tubes.”
For me it was Mesa Boogie…until I went to a Kemper…and I never thought I’d use anything other than a tube amp.
BTW, stock up on tubes. Russia/Ukraine is going to kill the Sovtek supply and Chinese tubes are for crap.
Before I went Marshall, I had a Roadstar , had 4 6l6s and 2 510 rectifiers. Badass anp.
Amp.. Roadstars were used by Skynyrd and lots of other people. Made by Peavey.
Meridian Mississippi....
Quality stuff.
Same with VCR tapes
I owned several Mesa Boogies, and played through many more over the years.
Loudest per-watt amps out there. That’s why my last one was a Transatlantic that I kept on 15 watts.
Now, with my Kemper and in-ears, I don’t even bring a cabinet to a gig. Zero stage volume.
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