New Electronic recorder at Roja Muthiah Research Library

[Shivadasan]

Roja Mutjaiah Research Library has acquired a fantastic electronic recoder to record old vinyl records. Hindu reports.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/che ... 405580.ece

Other than the Library of Congress in the United States, Roja Muthiah Research Library is the only institution that has IRENE (Image Reconstruct Erase Noise Etc), an ingenious device that helps in archiving audio content of old records without scratching or even touching the record, says G. Sundar, director of the library.
IRENE, which reached the library two weeks ago, has just been set up, and will help the library archive audio content from records which are too fragile to be played with a conventional player or are deteriorating. “A high-end camera captures images of the grooves as the record is rotating. The software acts as a virtual needle by detecting the edges of the grooves. These images are then converted into sound files,” he says.

[varsha]

The library could have spent the money to pick up the 10000 odd lps available ( rough estimate ) for sale in a dirty second hand goods shop in moore market - average price rs 40 - 60 per record .
A very valuable heritage is being driven to dust .... so unfortunate ...