Old is new again - Music from 78s

[Truelight]

I wanted an "old-timey" soundtrack for a project I was working on and came across this website --

http://www.honkingduck.com/BAZ/baz_one.php?req=info

By going to the song, right-clicking on "Standard", and then "Save Target as", you will be able to download the song in Real Audio (.ram) format. Now, you'll need to get it into something PTE can use, so use this freeware utility -- Realaudio-to-Wav Recorder

http://www.rawavrecorder.homestead.com/

Now you will have a .wav file. PTE can use this, but it's pretty big, so convert it to an .mp3 (Audacity, another freeware program that should be in every PTE user's toolkit does a nice job of this). You could also clean up the typical noise from this old recordings with Audacity, but I kinda like that as I feel it retains that "old time sound."

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Of course this procedure will work for any other soundtrack you might find in Real Audio format. I just thought it was cool to hear the stuff from the old 78's playing on my computer. (Those were "records", usually with a single song on them that played at 78 rpm for you 'youngsters' that may have never seen one. Just picture that RCA logo with "Nipper listening to "His Masters Voice" from an old phonograph.

http://www.intelab.com/swem/rca_nipper.jpg

Who would've thunk we'd be listening now on a computer? Makes you wonder how your grandkids will listen to music! Have fun!

-- Rick

[LumenLux]

Thanks Rick, fun stuff.