Hi Bill, I wrote: >> The Nitty Gritty Record Cleaner did a great job on the record! << You wrote: >> I'll have to look for that record cleaning thing you mentioned. << You can find it at: www.KABUSA.com It's a device that cleans the records themselves, not the .wav file. I used Sonic Foundry's software suite (Sound Forge and Noise Reduction direct-X plug-in) do process the signal to de-click and re-equalize the record. EQ was necessary because when you play an acoustically recorded record using modern amplifiers, you automatically get RIAA equalization applied to the signal at the cartridge pre-amp. I am fortunate enough to have an old, 1958-era Fisher pre-amp that has a "flat" position, which passes the signal through the cartridge pre-amp with no RIAA de-emphasis. BUT, it is a mono unit and I like to capture signals in stereo so I can pull some digital processing tricks on the separate channels before combining them back to mono. So, I modelled the inverse RIAA curve and stored it in the EQ settings in Sound Forge. Now, I can record using RIAA EQ and undo it in post-processing. >> Forward me the 3 messages relevent to the song from LC? I lost em somehow, not sure how that happened... I'd like the words to it, and your 2 messages with details about the song so I can put all that on the web page too... << BTW, the record is missing the 3rd and 4th verses. It flooded the crimson twilight Like the close of an angel's Psalm And it lay on my fevered spirit With touch of infinite calm. It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife; It seemed the harmonious echo >From our discordant life. Ten inch, 78 RPM records only hold about 2:30 to 2:50 of music and the complete poem would take too long to fit on the record's side. Best regards, Brian Kutscher ------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are the three messages: Subject: A LOST CHORD Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:14:22 EST From:Jackieblue22@aol.com To: lost-chords@shore.net Hi All, I don't know if this has ever been posted before, but I came across it, in one of my poetry books, A Treasury of the Familiar, and I wanted to share it. "With love", Jackie ***************************************************************************** A Lost Chord Seated one day at the Organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wandered idly Over the noisy keys. I do not know what I was playing, Or what I was dreaming then; But I struck one chord of music, Like the sound of a great Amen. It flooded the crimson twilight Like the close of an angel's Psalm And it lay on my fevered spirit With touch of infinite calm. It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife; It seemed the harmonious echo From our discordant life. It linked all perplexed meanings Into one perfect peace, And trembled away into silence, As if it were loathe to cease. I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine, That came from the soul of the organ And entered into mine. It may be that Death's bright angel Will speak in that chord again,- It may be that only in Heaven I shall hear that grand Amen. Adelaide Anne Prompcter 1825-1864 Subject: Re: A LOST CHORD Date:Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:14:10 -0500 From:"Brian A. Kutscher" To:Jackieblue22@aol.com CC:lost-chords@shore.net Hi Jackie and all, The song is entitled "The Lost Chord", as I have it, on an old 78 RPM Victor acoustic record (pre-1926), sung by Reinald Werrenrath. One of these days, I'll record it into the computer, create an MP3, and send to those who want to hear it. I haven't figured out how to create a web page yet (no time to learn right now). If someone wants to post it, I'll create the .MP3 file and send it to you. Best regards, Brian Kutscher Subject: Re: A LOST CHORD Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:20:04 -0500 From: "Brian A. Kutscher" To: lost-chords@shore.net Ooops. I forgot to mention that on the label of the record, "The Lost Chord" is credited to Adelaide A. Proctor and Arthur Sullivan. I assume that Adelaide wrote the words and Arthur (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame?) wrote the music. Brian Kutscher