The voices in the background reminds me of the old 1970s telephone network where you could hear the crosstalk of other phone conversations leaking through the wires laying next to each other for many miles.
@ortizramon
10 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing clean sound from tha wire reel.and a little history of the wire recorder.
@RetroGamerVX
9 жыл бұрын
Strange to think that that might be the only recording of that lady left :o(
@databits
9 жыл бұрын
RetroGamerVX I know, it's very sad.
@ariefaryoprakoso4026
4 жыл бұрын
No more onions, please. I read it as "a sole proof of existence of a nameless lady from the past - a voice taken for granted, yet outlast everything."
@landryprichard6778
5 жыл бұрын
Whoa! I found a very old wire recorder in the attic of my dad's old house in the Mississippi Delta. It was of my great grandfather, who was a lawyer in Indianola (B.B. King's hometown) and about an hour long. Talk about Southern gothic!
@thebourbonscene845
4 жыл бұрын
"She was reading....like.....what would be like a wikipedia article......" Oh you mean an encyclopedia 😂😂😂😂😂
@pianopappy
4 жыл бұрын
My Dad bought one of these Webster-Chicago machines in 1948. He first used it to record guests at a party that my folks threw to celebrate the opening of the knotty-pine "rumpus room" that had just been constructed in the basement. As each guest arrived, he pointed the mike at them and chatted with them for a few minutes, until he realized that he had forgotten to activate the record function. About 10 years later, after our machine was long gone, I was able to transfer the wire reels that survived to reel-to-reel tape using my high school's machine, except for a recitation at that party by one of our neighbors of a very bawdy poem about a gal he called "Our Nell". This was followed by my Father saying, "That was a rendition by a stranger who wandered in here; and, we just threw him the hell out!"
@trienos3040
2 жыл бұрын
The authentic giggling at the end got me in the feels
@WatchdogVideo
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great slice of audio history ...
@coreydrew3228
5 жыл бұрын
Encyclopedia. The word you were looking for is ENCYCLOPEDIA.
@rubiconnn
4 жыл бұрын
Is that like a wikipedia on paper?
@LeonMare49
3 жыл бұрын
I bought a Model 228 3 for R5.00 ZAR - Five Rand (about $0.40) when I was a radiotrician apprentice - almost qualified - in 1972. The only spool of wire jammed up beyond repair and I managed to get a box with 5 spools for R3! There is a telephone conversation on one spool and the one guy is worried about where the economy is heading... It has only one dictate and one transcribe button instead of the record/listen knobs on this one in the video at 03:15. It has a transparent dust cover with this funny inscription: "Webster-Chicago Dictation Machine with Natural Voice Playback" ;) It also has a carry case and mic. 'Remote' pause/play on mic - hard wired. It is a 60Hz 220VAC version. Should have been 50 Hz for South Africa. So it runs at the wrong speed! Found this just now: Dictaphone Cover: Cover is made of plastic (yellowed) with black edging. Red printed text on top face: "W C / WEBSTER-CHICAGO / DICTATION MACHINE / with / Natural Voice PLAYBACK"
@bure998
8 жыл бұрын
just recently found one in an antiques store (mod 288 1R), got it cheap. wasnt familiar with it but i was planning on cannibalizing it for parts for the little robots i build as a hobby. took it home and didnt expect it to work but sure enough it did. there was 3 reels, one of a recorded japanese radio show (!) and some silly home recordings, probably from the late 40's, early 50's. sound quality is excellent. one reel's wire is badly tangled. but it was indeed kinda spooky listening to these things on this old machine which were recorded, like, 60 years ago...the closest thing to a 'time machine' i'll ever have!
@databits
8 жыл бұрын
+butch reed - Great story! Thanks for sharing! Yes, I've seen youtube videos of others that "just worked". Wish mine had been that way. The quality is amazing on these machines.
@bure998
8 жыл бұрын
+databits ...thx....you're right...they built things to last back in the day. they're smoothe precision and very heavy duty. cheers!
@glennmillerfan
6 жыл бұрын
I have the Webster Chicago Model 288-1R wire recorder as well (I bought it in November 2013 off eBay for around $150 from the grandson of the original owner, who purchased it from an electronics shop in California in 1952) and its an interesting machine to say the least. I subsequently acquired 150 reels with recordings made between 1948 and 1968 (mostly of radio shows and family gatherings), including some chilling recordings likely made by a transcriptionist who worked for a mental hospital.
@joe_chill1060
5 жыл бұрын
Can you post them on KZitem
@dolbydigital2866
3 жыл бұрын
pls no destroy old technology
@haraldschiner6837
3 жыл бұрын
Better sound quality than my favourite Black Metal albums ;-)
@stevenking2980
9 жыл бұрын
Amazing! So cool!
@capitolemiproducer
6 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear a modern Hi-Fi recording on wire, like The Beatles 'A Day In The Life" using aux in, and line out
@nsummy
5 жыл бұрын
I just bought one of these things. I'll make that recording for you.
@espressobuzz1253
4 жыл бұрын
Love the laughing. I just picked up a box of reels. Now I gotta figure out how to play them.
@islandseeker1260
14 күн бұрын
I just acquired one of these Wire Recorder machines for five bucks at a thrift store today but have no reels (or microphone or power cord). Maybe you have my reels and I have your recorder...
@kylefer
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic.
@robot797
10 жыл бұрын
i am amazed how many people are amazed of this kind of recorder i am 23 and this is the most normal stuff for me
@databits
10 жыл бұрын
You must be from another planet. Most 23 year olds have no idea what this is! Thanks for watching!
@robot797
10 жыл бұрын
i love old stuff i got my firsth wire recorder when i was 21
@bob7872
9 жыл бұрын
It's normal for me too (but I'm 46.) My dad bought a Recordio in 1955 (a 4B10 model) and a 1958 stereo tuner/amp and record changer and was still playing his 60's and 50's tapes when I was born, and up until I was about 5. I liked a lot of what he liked and more. I guess people call our kind an "old soul." It's hard to explain- you just like it because it's good to you- maybe in my case because it was positive. Check out radiotvphononut- he's older than you but younger than me, and loves to fix old things and explains it as he goes along. I think that;s cool. I didn't know there was anyone else out there like that until i looked for instructions on how to replace a reel to reel belt.
@CassetteMaster
9 жыл бұрын
I'm also 23 and enjoy wire and tape recorders.
@thebourbonscene845
4 жыл бұрын
Normal huh lol CDs are normal, go out and try to pick one of these up in the biggest city near you. You'll have trouble finding one. I live in a huge city and it's still a pain trying to find these recorders or parts for them. Normal lol that's so funny
@youtoobe169
4 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting. I have a wire reel that I think may be the only piece with my brother's voice on it. (He passed away in 1973). I've been thinking about trying to buy one of these so I can listen to it.
@powder-phun949
Жыл бұрын
Contact one of the collectors on youtube, I'm sure someone would be happy to record it to digital if you sent the reel to them. I know I would, but I only have tape reel to reel machines.
@WizardClipAudio
10 жыл бұрын
Haunting.
@JohnJones1987
5 жыл бұрын
*_[laughs in 1950s]_*
@CassetteMaster
6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting recording!
@databits
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@lutuzi1139
3 жыл бұрын
wire recorder look so interesting and amazing thanks for uploading and can you upload another video about the celluloid strip recorder invented by franklin c. goodale in 1909 :)
@TheBartok44
3 жыл бұрын
We had this.
@marqueswilsonn
6 жыл бұрын
Cool candid moment
@adrianabravowilliams7502
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I have one and looking for the manual
@zaloo
3 жыл бұрын
i happen to think the laughing girl was far more delightful than the "wikipedia article" and i -approve- of what she did!
@paperboxcutter
3 жыл бұрын
The reels were called spools. This model machine has rewind, but no fast forward.
@danielallan5058
9 жыл бұрын
I saw something on sonic highways (foos doc) about wire recordings,they said it only looked like going mainstream for about a year before records sealed the deal!
@databits
9 жыл бұрын
Daniel Allan Yes, and tape recorders.
@lsixty30
3 жыл бұрын
All you people leaving comments about her voice outlasting her are doing something very similar ourselves
@VintageTech1
4 жыл бұрын
I love this machine. I do believe it is possible to seperate part of the new recording from old one but you would need a audio expert.
@michaelshultz2540
2 жыл бұрын
These machines did not have an erase head. So when you record over a previous recording the ghost of the old recording , still remains. Also there's a big bug in the ointment. Wire prints through by contact . Thats why after time in storage there is a strange echo of the recording but with random segments of audio from seconds before or seconds after the true audio.
@PolizeiPaul
9 жыл бұрын
These are neat, Once you record on the wire is it rerecordable on the same wire or is the recordings permanent.
@databits
9 жыл бұрын
***** The recordings can be erased.
@stephanieweil583
4 жыл бұрын
It's like recording on audio tape.
@vincentanu1750
5 жыл бұрын
Have you tried to record line in from say a rock CD and here what it sounds like? Should be awesome
@spontaneousconnections1029
10 жыл бұрын
I have a Silvertone 8085 Wire Recorder that I'm working on. There's no bite whatsoever on rewind, I have to carefully help it everytime. I looked inside and found the drive belts are made of some sort if metal and bakelite, not sure what. Is there any way to help bring the bite back?
@databits
10 жыл бұрын
No experience with Silvertone. You might try posting a question on tapeheads.net. It's a forum you have to join first.
@beartunes
10 жыл бұрын
@ 5:00 REEFER MADNESS
@stevephillips4477
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. I have the same type wire recorder. My Uncle bought it new and owned it. It was passed to me. I remember recording something on it back in the 1960's. Right now it doesn't work. First, I think the fuse is blown (appears to be). As you know the fuse is nothing that I have ever seen. Are there fuses available now to replace it? A while back, I turned it on and it seemed to "sizzle" and I smelled to what may be the transformer. I saw your video about replacing the canisters. I am not savvy in doing this. I have a friend that owns and works at a electronics store. Will check with him. Any thoughts? Thanks.
@databits
8 жыл бұрын
Steve, all of the capacitors will have to be replaced. Running it without cap replacement will burn up the transformer, which is where the smoke is coming from. The fuse is blown to protect the transformer. Replacing the caps is a fun and fairly easy process. Your friend might want to do it for you.
@stevephillips4477
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks databits for your reply. I'll do that. My wire recorder is in excellent shape as far as looks and having all the equipment (microphone, etc). At one time the recorder worked great. I guess time has taken it's toll. If I could I would send pictures. Being that I don't have electronics background, why should the caps be replaced. Is it because they are very old and don't function as they once did?
@goldenone1
8 жыл бұрын
some old capacitors are made of paper. just like how a old book would yellow over time from age the paper in the capacitor would to. This would throw off the capacitance of the capacitor. This is true for some resistors as well.
@youtuuba
6 жыл бұрын
You might want to contact JukeDoc in Columbus, Ohio. They overhauled my broken wire recorder and made it work like new. I don't know of any other company that does this service.
@Moletrouser
3 жыл бұрын
As seen in Capone [2020] @ 1:19:20 - was it this same machine?
@kenglaza7336
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I always had a fascination with recording. Had one just like that. Now I do Forensic Audio and Video. KandRForensic. Put Com on end. Need a clarification?
@Streamliner2024
5 жыл бұрын
After WWII, popular crooner Bing Crosby invested $50K of his own money to develop a better way to record audio than electrical transcriptions. (disc-cutters) Bing, it seems was tired of having to sing his songs over and over again for network radio shows where the audience needed no proof of his "live" presence. Bing was unhappy with the inferior sound of often scratchy 78 recordings. The result was reel to reel magnetic tape. While wire recording caught on big in about 1947 and tens of thousands of machines were sold - mostly manufactured by Webster-Chicago, when new Ampex and Magnecord reel to reel magnetic tape machines flooded the market in the early 1950's, wire recorders were DOA. Boom-bust. I have owned several of these Webster machines and have never found one that was in any less than "mint" condition. Apparently abandoned by their owners they got little use after magnetic tape machines started selling. Wire was a hassle to use. If it broke, all you could do was tie it together with a contrived "square-knot" making a permanent blip in the audio - new recording or not. However, while audio properly recorded on one of these wire-machines is almost as good as the audio tape system that quickly replaced them, often wire machines would foul-up when re-wound or got careless handling. God help the person who tried to straighten out a fouled up reel of wire. Virtually impossible. This recording sounds like it was done in an echoey room with the talent a long way from the mike. Again, not nearly a representation of what the machines were capable of. Wire had many positives including capability of up to an hour of recording on a small reel - but precious recordings were often lost when they fouled up. Tape was simply a better way to "tree a coon." I keep mine to play with once and a while. But anything I intend to keep, I quickly transfer to tape or computer storage - all the while with my fingers crossed. No matter how you slice it, they are definitely fun to watch!
@tonyperek7292
3 жыл бұрын
I like to see people restore these old machines to their origional state. I really detest the idea of making guitar amps out of old radios,wire recorders,etc. these old machines are too hard to come by. Guitar amps,tube or transistor, are entirely too easy to get.
@bolijack
5 жыл бұрын
AS A young chap I owned one. Used it as a guitaram, too. Not to good Sound Qualität.
@davidblake8898
Жыл бұрын
I have a Webcor wire spool that was probably recorded in the early 1950's at a family gathering. I do not have a recorder, is there a way to get this recorded digitally?
@databits
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Unfortunately, both of my machines are gone I’ve considered getting another one. If I transferred your spool, that would give me an excuse to get another one working. 😜
@davidblake8898
Жыл бұрын
@@databits
@davidblake8898
Жыл бұрын
@@databits HaHa that would be great!! Lemme know if you actually want to and I will send it your way ;-))
@davidblake8898
Жыл бұрын
@@databits
@databits
Жыл бұрын
@@davidblake8898 Please send me an email. My email address is in my ABOUT. Or, follow me on Facebook and message me there?
@FalseBankerYea
10 жыл бұрын
Wow you wrote history on the front of it. That sure is history then
@databits
10 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed!
@kirusmagnus317
6 жыл бұрын
Perfect for a delay
@robot797
10 жыл бұрын
they play on 78 rpm
@Altchannel2988
4 жыл бұрын
No
@steveendicott1855
4 жыл бұрын
How can someone transfer an old wire recording carefully without it breaking?
@databits
4 жыл бұрын
The wire is made of steel and not likely to break unless it gets tangled. I"ve never had one break.
@jeffk7734
10 жыл бұрын
Try and record something modern on that. That would be very weird but very interesting.
@databits
10 жыл бұрын
I very well might do that! Thanks for the suggestion!
@jay-cu4eb
3 жыл бұрын
A forensic audio expert should be able to separate the tracks
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