New Video - Children Series

[Shawn]

Like most fables, Edison Blue Amberol 3157 - The Story of Chicken little teaches several morals, which are still applicable today!

Enjoy this fun cylinder!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtTimanBA40

Shawn

[ColoradoPhonograf]

Shawn,

Wonderful cylinder recording. I've never heard that one before. ! Bravo on the video series

D.Edwards

[Shawn]

Thanks Darold!!

This series of videos doesn't appear to be as popular as others I've produced, but these Edison Children cylinders are really pretty amazing and fun!

Shawn

[CharliePhono]

In addition to the very clean record, that is the smoothest running Gem I've ever heard! No wow, flutter, wobble, nothing -- just very smooth reproduction.

Charlie

[Inigo]

Certainly.. I believed it was recorded by line, but it's the actual GEM playing perfectly! It's astonishing!

[Shawn]

So,

Full disclosure here.

I record every cylinder in my movies using an electronic pickup (the ACT system) on an Edison Fireside. I calibrate the Fireside to 160 RPM every few recordings. So if you think a cylinder is playing fast, or slow, thats on Edison, not me! For certain videos, I'll record the sound of the machine and add it as a seperate track to the video. For example, all of my Coin-op videos have seperate tracks for the cylinder song, cylinder static, and machine motor and mechanism noises.

Some of my very complex videos have up to 6 seperate audio, and 10 seperate video tracks going at the same time. Thats the fun and challenge of making these videos, to combine different elements into a single, harmonius and credible result.

Keep watching!!!

Shawn