bozeman1941
04-13-2019, 12:15 PM
I have digitally restored and converted from mono to stereo, this album of some of Gracie Fields best-known songs.
https://www.discogs.com/Gracie-Fields-Our-Gracie/release/2359604
I have saved them to 96/24 FLAC format; the original vinyl LP was captured with Audacity using my high-end vinyl system and Asus Xonar STX audiophile soundcard, then restored and converted to Stereo at 96/32* using Sound Forge Pro 11 and iZotope plug-ins, before being down-scaled to 96kHz/24bit. It's not perfect, as the recording is so old (even the LP copy I used is 50 years old!), and some of the tracks (which came from movies) were probably optical recordings back in the day; bandwidth is limited, but overall it's acceptable. There is some artifacting, which cannot be helped with some types of vinyl damage, but I think it's a reasonable compromise.
If you're interested, PM me for the link; in-thread requests will be ignored!
https://www.discogs.com/Gracie-Fields-Our-Gracie/release/2359604
I have saved them to 96/24 FLAC format; the original vinyl LP was captured with Audacity using my high-end vinyl system and Asus Xonar STX audiophile soundcard, then restored and converted to Stereo at 96/32* using Sound Forge Pro 11 and iZotope plug-ins, before being down-scaled to 96kHz/24bit. It's not perfect, as the recording is so old (even the LP copy I used is 50 years old!), and some of the tracks (which came from movies) were probably optical recordings back in the day; bandwidth is limited, but overall it's acceptable. There is some artifacting, which cannot be helped with some types of vinyl damage, but I think it's a reasonable compromise.
If you're interested, PM me for the link; in-thread requests will be ignored!