Oskar Fried conducts Liszt Mazeppa (1928)

English 78 rpm records.
Decca, recorded 1 January 1928, Berlin.
Oskar Fried,
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra).

CA. 8177/8 | 1267bm, 1268.1/2bm, 1269bm, 1340bm

-no special cleaning of disc

-transferred from the original 78 rpm record at 78 rpm with a budget turntable (Audio Technica AT-LP120XUSB with Shure M 75 Type D system) equipped with special needle (95 µm, spherical). Turntable speed adjusted to correct pitch.
-analogue mono conversion
-analogue RIAA compensation using Behringer FBQ3102HD Ultragraph Pro equalizer (2 times sequential mono)
-analogue equalization by ear to obtain more natural sound using Behringer FBQ800 equalizer (2 times sequential mono)

-A/D conversion using Zoom H2 recorder as interface

-Audacity:
-removal of -54 dB background noise in signal chain

-declicking/decrackling with ClickRepair (Waveletx3, declick 25, decrackle 10, all, pitch protection off, reverse)

-Audacity:
-check/correct pitch again
-normalisation to 0 dB
-merging disc matrices
Spatial enhancement (for unprocessed mono, please listen to left channel only):
-prepare 3 copies of the monaural track (1, 2, 3)
-1, 2, 3: normalise to -4 dB
-2: switch to left channel
-3: switch to right channel, add 10 ms silence to the beginning
-2,3 join as stereo track
-mix 1 (-9 dB) with (2,3) (+2 dB)
-adjust balance (18 % right)
-normalise result to 0 dB

-rendering of video using KDEnlive