Rescuing acetate recordings

[Astacus]

I have a couple of old acetate recordings made by my Grandmother as demo discs. They are in a poor state and I would like to rip them to MP3. However, they need some pretty intensive professional work. I have already been through one chap who thought he could do it but failed because he didnt have the correct stylus apparently.

Does anyone know of anybody who can do this and can be trusted with my precious one off recordings?

TIA

[peterperkins]

There are quite a few people on the web who do this stuff.

The issue is getting a fragile 78rpm disc to them intact.
You basically have to deliver it personally or risk it being broken in the post.

Personally I might invest in a 78rpm capable turntable and then do it myself.
You can sell the turntable again afterwards..

There are lots of cheap 78rpm turntables about that do direct to mp3 type stuff.

Personally I might buy a proper vintage gramophone and stick something like a Zoom H1 up the horn.

I use Audacity to tidy/fix recordings.

[hidetheelephants]

A cheap turntable is a path to frustration, they're all st, noisy things with no speed regulation worth a damn.

[Common Porpoise]

I know a Mastering studio that transfers soundworks between media.formats...it used to maunly be from file to dubplate or master laquer but it can definitely be done the other way too.

Transition Studios, Forest Hill SE23 2DJ
https://transition-studios.com/

If they need cleaning up then start here
https://www.nedcc.org/audio-preservation/cleaning-...

Edited by Common Porpoise on Saturday 8th February 05:07

[glazbagun]

I did this 20 years ago using a 45RPM turntable into my sound card and software (Cool Edit 2000 I think ) to speed up the sound and denoise. The result was scratchy as hell but you could tell it was my grandmother. I'm sure they can do much better these days. Hell, I bet with AI they can even clean out the scratches.