Turtle Audio Limited's Technology
78 rpm "shellac" recordings are transferred to a digital format using:
- 2.3 mil truncated elliptical, 2.5 mil truncated elliptical, 2.7 elliptical,
3.3 mil elliptical, 3.5 mil elliptical, 3.5 mil truncated elliptical styli,
4.0 mil truncated elliptical, or 4.0 mil truncated conical stylus.
- Playback speeds vary between 76 and 80 rpm. Speeds are adjusted more, when
necessary, using digital processing software.
80 rpm Edison Diamond Disc recordings are transferred using:
- 3.7 mil full conical stylus, and other sizes when necessary
- Playback speeds are usually 80 rpm
All recording are transferred and "restored" using:
- United Audio Dual 1219 turntable (circa 1960's)
- Stanton 500 cartridge
Digital signal processing software, DCART 32 and Cool Edit 2000, are used to "clean up" the transfers.
- Two channel to single channel conversion
- Speed adjustments
- Continuous noise adjustments (rumble, hiss, hum)
- Dynamic noise adjustments (pops, ticks, blasting)
- Fades, in and out
- Frequency equalization
- Volume normalization
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The page was updated on February 28, 2003.