Hello,
I have a ton of vintage material to transfer and restore from open reel tapes, mostly 1930's & 1940's radio broadcasts. I am running my open reel deck through an old HHB CDR-850 cdr recorder (into the analog RCA jacks and out of the digital SPDIF), into CEDAR Duo Declickle & Auto Dehiss units, then into a computer dedicated to recording with the sound card set to 16 bit and 44.1khz. There is no setting for bit or sample rate on the HHB CDR-850. My question is, am I recording in true 16 bit 44.1khz? I had assumed I was as all of the material appears as 16 bit 44.1khz on Adobe Audition while restoring, however it just occured to me that by running it through the HHB CDR-850 first, I may be transferring the signal to something else (a smaller sample rate), then onto the CEDAR and then finally a 16bit 44.1khz sample. I am just using the HHB as a analog to digital converter and there is no way to set the bit depth or sample rate on the HHB.
My second question is: is it necessary to record vintage audio in 24 bit 96khz for audio restoration? Most of this stuff has no signal above 9khz and very rarely does the finest material ever reach 15khz. Is 16 bit 44.1 khz suitable for restoration of this sort of material? Does it make sense to use 24 bit 44.1khz? Any suggestions? Anything above 16 bit 44.1 khz and the files get absolutely huge.
Thank you very much for your help and opinions,
George
I have a ton of vintage material to transfer and restore from open reel tapes, mostly 1930's & 1940's radio broadcasts. I am running my open reel deck through an old HHB CDR-850 cdr recorder (into the analog RCA jacks and out of the digital SPDIF), into CEDAR Duo Declickle & Auto Dehiss units, then into a computer dedicated to recording with the sound card set to 16 bit and 44.1khz. There is no setting for bit or sample rate on the HHB CDR-850. My question is, am I recording in true 16 bit 44.1khz? I had assumed I was as all of the material appears as 16 bit 44.1khz on Adobe Audition while restoring, however it just occured to me that by running it through the HHB CDR-850 first, I may be transferring the signal to something else (a smaller sample rate), then onto the CEDAR and then finally a 16bit 44.1khz sample. I am just using the HHB as a analog to digital converter and there is no way to set the bit depth or sample rate on the HHB.
My second question is: is it necessary to record vintage audio in 24 bit 96khz for audio restoration? Most of this stuff has no signal above 9khz and very rarely does the finest material ever reach 15khz. Is 16 bit 44.1 khz suitable for restoration of this sort of material? Does it make sense to use 24 bit 44.1khz? Any suggestions? Anything above 16 bit 44.1 khz and the files get absolutely huge.
Thank you very much for your help and opinions,
George