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Re:78rpm Records Digitized by samstave on Saturday February 13, 2021 @12:58PM (#26125235)
Thank you for this!

I had a TON of classic Jazz 78s from my grandfather - unfortunately I couldnt find a 78 player at the time for the life of me - and I gave them to a friend who was a really accomplished Jazz drummer in SF - one of my biggest regrets - but they were so heavy and I didnt have space for them when I moved...

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Re:78rpm Records Digitized by WalterBright on Saturday February 13, 2021 @07:46PM (#26128582)
They can be recorded as a .WAV file at 33 rpm, which is then easy to write a program to speed up to 78.
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Re:78rpm Records Digitized by reaperducer on Saturday February 13, 2021 @08:55PM (#26128967)
It's my understanding that it's more than just the speed. 78's will destroy the needle of a regular record player because they're made of very hard shellac, and not vinyl.
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Re:78rpm Records Digitized by samstave on Saturday February 13, 2021 @10:55PM (#26129527)
Yep - they are very dense, heavy and brittle.
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