[Dixielandjazz] Transcribing OKOM

[Mike]

Those are some really good points. I've been wanting to try a reel to 
reel tape recorder for transcribing but I just use my computer programs 
(Transcribe mostly).


tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:
> Probably so Mike, if you are using the original recordings, but it also 
> could be caused by the person who taped it or re-recorded it from the 
> original source as many machines are not properly calibrated and thus 
> speed up or slow down and can change the pitch, if you have a variable 
> speed control on your machine you might try slowing down the original 
> source if you can and bring it back into pitch.
> 
> I am no expert on this but I recall having done it a few times in the 
> past with an engineer.
> 
>  List mate Dick Broadie can shed more light on the subject I am sure if 
> he is still on and active these days.
> 
> Almost all of the old OKOM recordings that I have sound like that and it 
> irks me a lot because "How many years have they been passing that stuff 
> around as the ORIGINAL SOUND.  If all those groups sounded that bad I am 
> glad I was not there to hear them live :))   But alas I am certain they 
> sounded much better in person than on recorded medium of the days.   
> Unfortunately many of today's Dixieland Bands sound just like those old 
> records, no wonder kids hated it for so long. :))
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom Wiggins
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike <mike at railroadstjazzwest.com>
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Sent: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:33:53 -0700
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Transcribing OKOM
> 
>    I notice when I am transcribing solos from OKOM, the pitch tends to 
> vary a lot. I was working on a George Brunies solo recorded in 1939, and 
> he was about a quarter pitch sharp. Was this due to the recording 
> techniques of the day? 
>  
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