{"id":6257,"date":"2023-06-11T09:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T09:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6257"},"modified":"2023-06-11T17:08:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T17:08:04","slug":"resurrecting-messiah-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6257","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting Messiah Craze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No, not that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ghost_Dance\">one<\/a> (no disrespect to Native Americans intended); rather a small band from Swansea around in the late 1980s. That&#8217;s where I went to university and I was rather a fan and saw them numerous times live. I also have a tape they released privately which I&#8217;ve been unable to listen to for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I &#8220;resurrected&#8221; it, and this post is to document how it was done :-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Obtain a tape player and connect it to your computer&#8217;s &#8220;Line In&#8221;. In my case an old Sony TC-TX515 (which is good enough for this purpose).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire up Audacity\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set the input device appropriately.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set the bit depth to 24 bits (the default of 32 can be problematic with some tools).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire up gtk wave cleaner\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Detect clicks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detect songs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the song markers as a guideline for selecting tracks (in the bottom so you get both left and right channels) and saving each individual track as a WAV file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convert each individually to a flac file :-\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>flac -o 01_track.flac 01_track.wav<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add meta information :-\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add replay gain (optional): <code>metaflac --add-replay-gain *.flac<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add individual tags: <code>metaflac --set-tag=TAG=\"Value to set\" 01_track.flac<\/code>. The tags set for each track were: TITLE, ALBUM, TRACKNUMBER, ARTIST, GENRE, and DATE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The first side of the tape came out surprisingly well; the second not so much (which is why it is not included below) as it was a live recording from the Mandela Bar (every student had a Mandela Bar to visit in the 1980s). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m going to link to a ZIP file containing the tracks from the first side of the tape. The music remains copyrighted by the band :-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tony Brown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Holownia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Richard Jouault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dusty Kennedy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Leatherdale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrea McCulloch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tony Skiller<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If any of those have objections to their music being distributed like this, please contact me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As to the ZIP file, it&#8217;s available <a href=\"https:\/\/zonky.org\/files\/messiah-craze.zip\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just for once an almost relevant picture &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover.jpeg?resize=512%2C708&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover.jpeg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover.jpeg?resize=217%2C300&amp;ssl=1 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, not that one (no disrespect to Native Americans intended); rather a small band from Swansea around in the late 1980s. That&#8217;s where I went to university and I was rather a fan and saw them numerous times live. 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