[ARSCLIST] New online publication: Manual of analogue audio restoration techniques, by Peter Copeland

["Prentice, Will" <Will.Prentice@xxxxx>]

Dear ARSClisters

I'm very pleased to finally be posting a link to Peter Copeland's manual. As will be clear from the blurb below and the preface to the manual, this is not a straightforward guide to best practice, but a rich collection of history, detailed research, opinion, speculation etc put together by its author over a period of years. There's plenty to think about, and plenty to discuss. Enjoy!

Will

***

Manual of analogue audio restoration techniques

Peter Copeland, Conservation Manager at the British Library Sound Archive from 1986 until his retirement in 2002, worked for many years on a manual of analogue audio restoration techniques, designed as an aid to audio engineers and audio archivists. Peter died in 2006 after a lifetime dedicated to understanding the history and complexity of analogue audio technology, and his manual was left incomplete.

The British Library is making the work freely available as it stands, as a service to professional audiovisual engineers and archivists, and as a testament to a life dedicated to the care of audiovisual heritage. As a snapshot of Peter's viewpoint at a certain time, some parts have inevitably dated. The core of the work however, is unlikely to date. Focussing in unparalleled depth on the correct playback of analogue sound recordings, the result of detailed research into the history of audio technology, it will be an essential guide for audio historians and for technicians working in digitisation programmes.

The manual is freely downloadable as a 2.25MB pdf here:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/manual.html

**************************************************************************
 
Experience the British Library online at www.bl.uk
 
The British Library's new interactive Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 : www.bl.uk/knowledge
 
Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. Adopt a Book. www.bl.uk/adoptabook
 
The Library's St Pancras site is WiFi - enabled
 
*************************************************************************
 
The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the postmaster@xxxxx : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. 
 
The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. 
 
*************************************************************************