Resurrecting the First Recorded Sounds
I was just reading the latest Science magazine (here) and ran across an article highlighting the work of Patrick Feaster, audio archeologist.
This, in turn, led me to the First Sounds website, an outpost for the restoration and preservation of our earliest recorded sounds.
It turns out that Cal Berkeley plays a unique role in this process: they have developed a method for digitally scanning fragile wax cylinders to extract the signal without destroying the original.
I find this ironic – recovering man’s original analog signals using digital means. I wonder if they worry about jitter?
Bob
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