Re: An Intriguing Experiment Involving a Wax Cylinder Recording of

You can try using gnome wave cleaner, but it is not verry accessible.
It might actually do the job for you.
Regards, Willem


On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, RiverWind wrote:

> Mark Twain
>
> Hey There,
>
> I happen to have an audio-file of a recording that was made of
> Mark Twain delivering what seems to be some sort of a lecture or
> discourse back in 1905. Actually it is a short excerpt. The
> recording of course was made on a wax cylinder. Unlike many such
> recordings, there unfortunately is a very loud background noise
> that is more-or-less similar to those old fashioned film
> projectors. The noise consists of a very loud and constant
> clicking that nearly drowns out the speaker's voice.
>
> I am wondering if it is technically possible to eliminate this
> sound interference and get a better recording of Twain's voice.
> If anyone is interested in both helping me and hence being able
> to hear what the great author had to say, I would be more than
> happy to share the file with them, which incidently is in "mp3"
> format. What I am wanting to accomplish might not even be
> possible, but my knowledge of sound modification and/or
> manipulation and the like is limited in the extreme.
>
> The file tends to give the listener a personal glimpse of the man
> himself, and I for one have been an avid admirer of Mark Twain
> ever since the age of nine. If possible, this might turn out to
> be a well worthwhile experiment, provided anyone is interested in
> trying it.
>
> cheerio,
> Riv
>
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> and what I stand for.
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