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78 surface noise.wav

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nervousneal

March 31st, 2016

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Sound effects > Natural elements and explosions

A recording from beginning to end of a continuous blank groove on a 1940s-era 12-inch 78 rpm test record, including the needle catching the outer groove at the beginning, and resting in the inner groove loop at the end.

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78rpm
noise
record
shellac
surface
vinyl

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

3:03.858

File size

30.9 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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running_for_...

11 months ago

Brilliant stuffs Ta x

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NikorZ

5 years, 5 months ago

Just what I needed to recreate a recording of my own violin playing by overdubbing...who knew I was around in 1930 eh?!!

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Moodyman51

8 years, 8 months ago

Thanks

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lukofinc

9 years, 5 months ago

Thanks Neal, very kind of you to share this.

nervousneal

9 years, 8 months ago

This came from one of two 12" (not 10" as I stated in the original description) blue-label Columbia Masterworks records, catalog #10001-M ("Noise Spectrums") and #10002-M ("Warbled Frequency Record"), from the label's Technical Series, matrix numbers CT-4-1 and CT-5-1. The unlabeled back side of each record was just a widely-spaced blank groove.

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