Re: arsclist media preservation and access project

[Molly Wheeler <mollyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerome:
Thank you for pointing this out. I did not mean to write "Red Book
Standard WAV format" in my earlier message. Rather, I meant that I burn a
Red Book Standard CD. No file format should me mentioned at all.

Thanks,
Molly


On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Jerome Hartke wrote:

> This may be rather minor, but Red Book, or IEC 908, applies only to
> digitized audio recorded as a continuous stream. It does not define a
> WAV file structure.
>
> Yellow Book, or ISO/IEC 10149, and ISO 9660 provide for recording files
> to a CD. They do not define a WAV file structure.
>
> Someone else on the list may know the origin of WAV. It is a popular
> method of saving audio in a file structure, but I do not believe that a
> disc with WAV files would play in a Red Book audio player.
>
> Jerry
> Media Sciences, Inc.
> http://www.mscience.com/
>
> Molly Wheeler wrote:
> >
> > Dear Burt,
> >
> > I am currently transfering sound recordings at the Harry Ransom Humanities
> > Research Center in Austin. Our practice, and this seems to line up very
> > well with what others are doing, is to:
> >
> > Create a ProTools session of the sound recording's playback. I
> > create a 24 bit , 48kHz file for this session. While I am creating the
> > session, I am also burning an access CD onto our Marantz CD burner, which
> > automatically adjusts to Red Book Standard. I then bounce this as a WAV
> > file, at the same resolution, for a preservation copy.
> >
> > I guess this is the main part of the answer:
> >
> > I use Mitsui Gold unbranded 74 min. CDs. I burn one access copy for
> > researchers (Red Book Standard WAV format) and then one preservation copy,
> > at the higher resolution, as a WAV data file. I have also created a system
> > of file naming/saving and back up, so that I not only have the 2 CD
> > copies, but I also have a ProTools session and WAV files. Metadata metadata...
> >
> > Oh- and these are all straight!
> >
> > I hope this helps!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Molly Wheeler
> > Harry Ransom Center
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Burt Altman wrote:
> >
> > > Our institution is planning a project to preserve a large collection of 45
> > > and 33-1/3 rpm phonograph recordings and
> > > reel to reel tapes. These are promotional materials for American motion
> > > picture films. We would like to create both archival and user copies.
> > >
> > > What is the current practice generally recognized by the preservation
> > > community to preserve and make such media accessible?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Burt Altman, CA
> > > Pepper Librarian and Archivist
> > > Claude Pepper Library
> > > 636  West Call Street
> > > Florida State University
> > > Tallahassee, FL 32306-1123
> > > (850) 644-9305
> > > Fax: (850) 644-9303
>
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