Digitising Grooved Discs and Open Reel Audio

Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30

Aim

This course is designed to meet the requirements of staff in libraries, archives and other related institutions needing to digitise existing analogue collections. The course builds on our Digitising Analogue Audio workshop, by introducing a range of legacy audio media and examining them in more detail.

The workshop will provide the opportunity to both handle these media and configure the equipment needed for their successful playback. A recommended, pragmatic workflow will be followed.

Essential theoretical and interesting historical information is included which together contribute to understanding: the development of audio recording technologies; how to handle and best reproduce each medium; how to digitise each medium to archival standard.

Audience

This course is aimed at those digitising audio collections - including librarians, archivists, and support staff - who wish to gain more media-specific audio knowledge. It will be of interest to those involved in digitising all types of acoustic and magnetic media, including tapes and grooved discs, and those with an interest in audio recording history. It will also help project designers identify the scope of their audio digitisation workflow.

Content

• History of Recorded Sound
• Reel-to-reel tape - Identification, care and playback
• Grooved Media - Identification, care and playback
• Example workflows - creating Digital Objects from Analogue Artefacts
• Introduction to digital restoration

Workshop dates and locations

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Tags: analogue collections | digitisation | restoration

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