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More early sounds recovered

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:48 pm
by TinfoilPhono
The proto-history of recorded sound gets more exciting all the time as new discoveries are being made, and modern technology makes it possible to hear them. Some of Bell & Tainter's earliest work has just been discovered:

http://news.yahoo.com/alexander-graham- ... 38693.html

Re: More early sounds recovered

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:14 pm
by Garret
Link to the site with the recordings: http://bio16p.lbl.gov/

Hopes that helps!

Re: More early sounds recovered

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:24 pm
by antique1973
Garret wrote:Link to the site with the recordings: http://bio16p.lbl.gov/

Hopes that helps!

I can't seem to get the Wav files to play. Is anyone else having trouble with the links?

Re: More early sounds recovered

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:44 pm
by Henry
The Hamlet excerpt works for me, but it's slow going. Don't expect anything spectacular. In view of the results, it's hard to believe that they spent all that $$$ "recovering" the data.

Re: More early sounds recovered

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:01 am
by MTPhono
Henry wrote:The Hamlet excerpt works for me, but it's slow going. Don't expect anything spectacular. In view of the results, it's hard to believe that they spent all that $$$ "recovering" the data.
Totally disagreed! I think this is a fabulous use of resources and I find this very interesting. Looking forward to when they find the Lincoln phonautograph recordings (should they actually exist). Could you imagine the $$$ that would be spent on recovering that? Well worth every penny.

Re: More early sounds recovered

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:23 am
by Garret
MTPhono wrote:
Henry wrote:The Hamlet excerpt works for me, but it's slow going. Don't expect anything spectacular. In view of the results, it's hard to believe that they spent all that $$$ "recovering" the data.
Totally disagreed! I think this is a fabulous use of resources and I find this very interesting. Looking forward to when they find the Lincoln phonautograph recordings (should they actually exist). Could you imagine the $$$ that would be spent on recovering that? Well worth every penny.
The Hamlet recording actually is pretty incredible, and the best-sounding out of all of the recordings.

Re: More early sounds recovered

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:51 pm
by VintageTechnologies
MTPhono wrote:
Henry wrote:Looking forward to when they find the Lincoln phonautograph recordings (should they actually exist).
That Lincoln rumor has been around for years, but I read somewhere on the vast Internet that the rumor had been disproved. A pity.