Making Old Sound Recordings Audible Again 172
orgelspieler writes "NPR is running a story on a safe way to reproduce sound from ancient phonographs that would otherwise be unplayable. The system, called IRENE, was installed in the Library of Congress last year. It can be used to replay records that are scratched, worn, broken, or just too fragile to play with a needle. It scans the groves optically and processes them into a sound file at speeds approaching real time. IRENE is great at removing pops and skips, but can add some hiss. Researchers are also working on a 3D model that is better at removing hiss."
reproduce sound from ancient pornography?! (Score:4, Funny)
(but i swear that's what my mind picked up initially!!)
ancient mp3s (Score:1, Funny)
Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
This works for me (Score:1, Funny)
Oh yeah, I almost left out the part about firing up a large doobie.
Re:Fidelity costs money, ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:NPR on /., again? (Score:5, Funny)
They also played some newer Information Society and then finished with some DonJuan Dracula before they broke.
I was freaked to hear some really progressive music played on NPR. They either must be desperate to attract new listeners or don't care they will turn off the old farts who grimace at hearing that "pounding hippy music"
Re:Yawn (Score:1, Funny)
I'm so not impressed (Score:3, Funny)
The RIAA Called (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So what does pop music sound like... (Score:3, Funny)