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Digitisation of Music
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IASA Technical CommitteeStandards, Recommended Practices and Strategies IASA‐TC04Second Edition
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Equipment: tools and connections
Sound cards
Easy to connect (Firewire) and has a low noise levelSupports the International standard sample rate “24‐bit/96 kHz”Built‐in phono preamp input (RCA) for direct turntable connection
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Equipment: tools and connectionsPlayback devices
Link between the source and the destination
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Equipment: tools and connectionsCables and connections
Use Balanced cables
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Equipment: tools and connectionsSoftware
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Audio carriers
Categories of Audio carriers:
1. Mechanical carriers
Coarse groove records (shellacs)
Acetate records (Aluminum base covered with Nitrocellulose lacquer)
Micro groove records (vinyls, LPs, singles)
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Stylus 1 Stylus 2Stylus 3
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2. Magnetic tapes Reels & Cassette tapes
print‐through
Vinegar syndrome
Mold
Tape breaking
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The other factors related to instability of mechanical carriers and retrievability of information can be summarized as :
Humidity and TemperatureMechanical deformationdust and dirt of all kinds
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Preparing the carrier for recording
Record Cleaning
Playback (cleaning)
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Preparing magnetic tapes for recording
Spooling ‐ rewinding Splicing – add leader tape, repair any breaks
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Recording – digital transferRecording and Playback Levels
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SAVINGAlways save file as a wave file “.wav”(Uncompressed)Do not save as mp3 (all mp3 files are compressed)
Make as many backup files as possible
Store digital files on more on your server and send to a back‐up server/portable hard drive