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UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
- ryantgtg 5y agoI worked in this department as a student worker in the early 2000s, just as this collection - and the digitation efforts - was really taking off. It was accessible from the get-go. Really cool resource! They also have a massive collection of acetate records.
- Rume 5y agoI will love to know more about this UCSB
- Vaslo 5y agoEverytime I see articles of these wax cylinders I always think of this video on Chris Pirillo’s old show: https://youtu.be/pnsizkVjGm8 https://youtu.be/pnsizkVjGm8 30 second video but kind of entertaining depending on your taste in humor.
- herman_toothrot 5y agoCame to post this. Poor guy was shaking like leaf.
- Vaslo 5y agoYeah I laugh because of the awkward situation but to his credit he just says ‘f it’ at the end - all you can do!
- Animats 5y ago"Everlasting Indestructible Record from The Indestructible Record Company - Albany, N.Y., United States" Between 1907 and 1922, it produced 1,598 titles, almost all of which have survived. The cylinders are described as "rugged" and "practically immune to splitting". - Wikipedia Mission accomplished.
- CharlesW 5y agoHas anyone discovered a way to download full-quality digitizations from the site instead of the default distribution-quality MP3s? I'm curious how much further I could clean up some examples with some bespoke treatment.
- asdefghyk 5y agoGoogling the words DIY WAX Cylinder recording Found lots of interesting links about how to record similar cylinders for yourself as a interesting experiment.