Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Sousa's Band performs Sousa

Sousa's Band performs Sousa

It's Sousa's Band performing Sousa. Can't get more authentic than that. This is edited a bit to reduce the hiss. I didn't quite dare touch the periodic noises, though, for fear of changing tempo unacceptably. Original is File:Sousa's band.stars stripes forever.EDIS-SRP-0194-20.ogg

• Nominate and support. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 208 FCs served} 18:15, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support a classic. Staxringold _talk^contribs 04:59, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose There's a very noticeable crack in the cylinder. It should be cleaned up before becoming a featured sound. ThemFromSpace 02:51, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
  • I was worried fixing that might change the tempo. In a PM, you said you had a fixed version, can you upload that? Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 208 FCs served} 06:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
    • I uploaded a new version of this file. The only change that I made was that I removed the click. In my opinion it sounds wonderful. The piccolo solo is captured especially nicely. A minor quibble would be that there was slightly too much dehiss used in the trio, but it still deserves to be a featured sound. Support. ThemFromSpace 18:03, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

• Support Wonderful period recording of outstanding performance. I expect that Arthur Pryor or some other concertmeister conducted the band for the recording, since Sousa was not fond of canned music. Was the pitch checked to confirm playback speed? Edison (talk) 20:21, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
  • This is one of the National Park Service Edison Labs transfers. They're usually top notch. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 208 FCs served} 20:35, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

• Close as promote[1] —Ed (talk • contribs) 22:53, 29 September 2009 (UTC)