Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: Georgia Tech - Record Archiving

["Watsky, Lance" <lwatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jason,

Saw your e-mail on the ARSC list-serve. I am the Preservation and Media
Specialist for the Georgia Archives, if you would like to discuss your
project with me, feel free to contact me off-list. Perhaps we could
arrange a site visit and I could help you put together a strategy for
the collection's long term preservation.

Best Regards,
Lance Watsky
Preservation & Media Specialist
The Georgia Archives
5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
678-364-3764 (phone)
678-364-3860 (fax)
lwatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.GeorgiaArchives.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aurora Perez
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:15 PM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: Georgia Tech - Record Archiving

Greetings,
I'm forwarding this inquiry at the request of Mr. Orlosky, at Georgia
Tech,
who would appreciate any information others may be able to provide.
Please
respond directly to Mr. Orlosky, or, if you choose to respond to the
list,
please be sure to cc: Jason Orlosky <gtg416b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, as he is
not subscribed to the list at this time.
Thanks,
Aurora Perez
Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford

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>Subject: Georgia Tech - Record Archiving
>
>This is Jason Orlosky from Georgia Tech and I work for the Director at
the
>music department. We have begun to archive the old vinyl records in the
>Georgia Tech music library. Basically we have several thousand records
>composed mainly of vinyl from many different years that we would like
to
>clean and archive properly. We have several questions regarding the
proper
>way of cleaning the records, transferring them to other digital media
>(mainly cds), and the costs of the whole process. We would appreciate
any
>advice we could get. If you could forward this and the following more
>detailed questions to the archive newsgroup, we would also greatly
>appreciate it.
>
>
>We need a turntable with 45, 33&1/3, and preferrably 78rpm with fine
>tuning. What type of turntable should we use and what are the lower and
>higher end options?
>
>What different stylus might we need for different grooves and cuts from
>different time periods. What are the different brands, materials, and
>costs of these stylus? Also, how can we identify which stylus should be
>used for each record? What type of whips will we need?
>
>Should route the turntable media to a protools or motu type system with
>hard disk recording capability? We currently have a recording system
with
>Bluetube pre-amps and a tascam cd recorder. Would our current system be
>adequate or are there some other recommended systems? Do the
recommended
>turntables have built-in amplifiers or would we need an separate one?
>
>Are there any techniques or hints for noise reduction?
>
>We would also need to clean many of the records.  Do you have any
>recommendations for high and low end machines or manual equipment that
>could accomplish cleaning without damaging the records?
>
>Any other recommendations, comments, or hints for the archiving process
>and would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Thank you very much for your time,
>
>Jason Orlosky
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>Music Department
>gtg416b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>mobile: (706)-589-5190
>Dept.: (404)-894-8964