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Avalon and On! The Robert Marcellus Master Class Audio Archive

Explore the digital preservation and access of the Robert Marcellus Master Class Audio Archive through the innovative Avalon project. Discover how metadata, grant funding, and user tools contribute to preserving this valuable collection at Northwestern University. Access detailed audio recordings, metadata, and more through this cutting-edge system.

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Avalon and On! The Robert Marcellus Master Class Audio Archive

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  1. Avalon and On! The Robert Marcellus Master Class Audio Archive Avalon and On! The Robert Marcellus Master Class Audio Archive Greg MacAyeal Music Library Acting Head Greg MacAyeal Northwestern University

  2. Robert Marcellus • NU Professor of Clarinet 1974-1995 • Master Classes beginning in 1975 Robert Marcellus with Christopher Coleman

  3. Typical program

  4. The Audio Archives • 131 open reel audio tapes • 1977- 1990 • Few tapes with accompanying programs • Inconsistent marking on tape container or reels • Stored in library facility with controlled environment • Several requests every year

  5. The Audio Archives • Priority concern in 2010 • Audio tape degradation • Playback (equipment scarcity) • Preservation issues • “sticky shed” syndrome • print through

  6. The Audio Archives • All tapes reformatted to digital audio • Three copies of each reel • Preservation Master Level: 24bit/96khz, BWF • Access Master Level: 16bit/44.1khz, BWF • Access Copy Level: 192kbps , MP3, additional EQ to normalize audio level • All on one giant hard drive • And…preserved but still inaccessible

  7. What do we have? • DAYS of audio, very little data to match • Inconsistent sound • Original capture may be poor • Ambient sound • As RM moves, he comes in an out • Performances consistently good • Tape degradation results in drop out

  8. Enter Avalon • Open source project to develop a system to manage and provide access to large collections of digital audio and video • Grant funded (IMLS & Mellon Foundation) and headed by NU and IU • Direct descendant of Variations Digital Music Library at IU

  9. The IT Nerd Slide • Single item or batch media and metadata ingestion • Support for a variety of authentication schemes • Flexible access control for group, user management and admin accounts • Full mobile support • Integration with course management systems • User tools for making playlists and clips, and working with transcripts and annotations • Discovery using faceted search and browse

  10. Need for Metadata • Hired grad student in clarinet performance to listen to all audio • Made note of works, performers, guest lectures, dates, etc. • 2 years of labor • Guidance from Steve Cohen, Prof of Clarinet

  11. Need for Metadata

  12. Avalon

  13. Who is listening? • From Google Analytics: • 5582 page hits since launch in September 2014 • 80 % of page hits originate in US (top cities: Houston, Evanston, Chicago, NY, Denton, Indy) • Remaining 20 % made up of 55 other countries – all continents • Of the 64 individual master classes, 55 (86%) have been accessed at least once

  14. Publicity • Presentation at ClarinetFest 2012 in Lincoln NE • News blurb in The Clarinet (June 2014)

  15. http://media.northwestern.edu/

  16. Other uses for Avalon • Reserves • On campus concert and recital recordings • Lectures • Audio Archives • Any audio

  17. Thank you Greg MacAyeal Music Library, Curator Northwestern University g-macayeal@northwestern.edu

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