Lauritz Melchior - Prize Song (1931)

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German 78 rpm record.
Deutsche Grammophon, recording November 1923
Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), tenor.
72870 - "Meistersinger" (Richard Wagner) - Preislied (Morgenlich leuchtend)

Transferred from the original 78 rpm record at 45 rpm with a standard USB turntable equipped with special needle.
Postprocessing in Audacity:
-inverse RIAA equalisation
-speeding up to 78 rpm
-DC correction
-auto click removal (threshold 200, length 20)
-mono conversion
-declicking/decrackling with ClickRepair (Wavelet, 100%, 100%, all)
-24 dB low pass filter above 9000 Hz (adjusted by ear), q=0,7
-10 dB bass amplification below 300 Hz (adjusted by ear)
-24 dB high pass filter below 20 Hz, q=0,7
-normalisation to -0.1 dB