Re: An Intriguing Experiment Involving a Wax Cylinder Recording of

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

You can try using gnome wave cleaner, but it is not verry accessible.
It might actually do the job for you.
Regards, Willem


On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, RiverWind wrote:

> Mark Twain
>
> Hey There,
>
> I happen to have an audio-file of a recording that was made of
> Mark Twain delivering what seems to be some sort of a lecture or
> discourse back in 1905. Actually it is a short excerpt. The
> recording of course was made on a wax cylinder. Unlike many such
> recordings, there unfortunately is a very loud background noise
> that is more-or-less similar to those old fashioned film
> projectors. The noise consists of a very loud and constant
> clicking that nearly drowns out the speaker's voice.
>
> I am wondering if it is technically possible to eliminate this
> sound interference and get a better recording of Twain's voice.
> If anyone is interested in both helping me and hence being able
> to hear what the great author had to say, I would be more than
> happy to share the file with them, which incidently is in "mp3"
> format. What I am wanting to accomplish might not even be
> possible, but my knowledge of sound modification and/or
> manipulation and the like is limited in the extreme.
>
> The file tends to give the listener a personal glimpse of the man
> himself, and I for one have been an avid admirer of Mark Twain
> ever since the age of nine. If possible, this might turn out to
> be a well worthwhile experiment, provided anyone is interested in
> trying it.
>
> cheerio,
> Riv
>
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