Mark Hambourg plays Chopin Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (1927)
German 78 rpm record. Electrola, recording 15 September 1927. Mark Hambourg, piano. E.H. 94 / 2-05558 - Nocturne in Es-Dur (Chopin) -transferred from the original 78 rpm records at 78 rpm with a standard USB turntable (DJ Tech Vinyl USB 10 with Audio Technica AT-91 system) equipped with special needle ATN-78 (65µm). Turntable speed adjusted to correct pitch. -analog RIAA compensation and equalisation with Behringer FBQ800: 63 Hz/-1 dB, 125 Hz/+1 dB, 250 Hz/+2 dB, 500 Hz/-3 dB, 1 kHz/0 dB, 2 kHz/+3 dB, 4 kHz/+7 dB, 8 kHz/+8 dB, 16 kHz/-7 dB -digital mono conversion -declicking/decrackling with ClickRepair (Wavelet, 100%, 100%, all) -Audacity: -48 db high pass filter below 20 Hz -normalisation to 0 dB -Reaper EQ: -Type Low Shelf, Freq. 338 Hz, Gain 4.5 dB, Bandwidth 0.7 oct -Type Band, Freq. 1960 Hz, Gain -1.7 dB, Bandwidth 2.6 oct -Type Band, Freq. 10762 Hz, Gain 11.5 dB, Bandwidth 2.0 oct -Type Low Pass, Freq. 16738 Hz, Gain 0 dB, Bandwidth 2.0 oct -Audacity: -normalisation to 0 dB Spatial enhancement (for unprocessed mono, please listen to left channel only): -prepare 3 copies of the monaural track (1, 2, 3) -1, 2, 3: normalise to -4 dB -2: switch to left channel -3: switch to right channel, add 10 ms silence to the beginning -2,3 join as stereo track -mix 1 (-9 dB) with (2,3) (+2 dB) -adjust balance -normalise result to 0 dB
German 78 rpm record. Electrola, recording 15 September 1927. Mark Hambourg, piano. E.H. 94 / 2-05558 - Nocturne in Es-Dur (Chopin) -transferred from the original 78 rpm records at 78 rpm with a standard USB turntable (DJ Tech Vinyl USB 10 with Audio Technica AT-91 system) equipped with special needle ATN-78 (65µm). Turntable speed adjusted to correct pitch. -analog RIAA compensation and equalisation with Behringer FBQ800: 63 Hz/-1 dB, 125 Hz/+1 dB, 250 Hz/+2 dB, 500 Hz/-3 dB, 1 kHz/0 dB, 2 kHz/+3 dB, 4 kHz/+7 dB, 8 kHz/+8 dB, 16 kHz/-7 dB -digital mono conversion -declicking/decrackling with ClickRepair (Wavelet, 100%, 100%, all) -Audacity: -48 db high pass filter below 20 Hz -normalisation to 0 dB -Reaper EQ: -Type Low Shelf, Freq. 338 Hz, Gain 4.5 dB, Bandwidth 0.7 oct -Type Band, Freq. 1960 Hz, Gain -1.7 dB, Bandwidth 2.6 oct -Type Band, Freq. 10762 Hz, Gain 11.5 dB, Bandwidth 2.0 oct -Type Low Pass, Freq. 16738 Hz, Gain 0 dB, Bandwidth 2.0 oct -Audacity: -normalisation to 0 dB Spatial enhancement (for unprocessed mono, please listen to left channel only): -prepare 3 copies of the monaural track (1, 2, 3) -1, 2, 3: normalise to -4 dB -2: switch to left channel -3: switch to right channel, add 10 ms silence to the beginning -2,3 join as stereo track -mix 1 (-9 dB) with (2,3) (+2 dB) -adjust balance -normalise result to 0 dB