PRESERVATION

Professional cleaning and preservation of valuable recorded material for the sake of saving it for future use.

Saving and protecting any auditory material which has significant and cultural value.

Protecting and articulation made by vocal apparatus (radio broadcasts, speeches, interviews, and literature) or any recorded rhythm, melody or harmony composed to create music (jazz, folk, blues, classical and rock n' roll) from injury or destruction.

 

CONVERSION

Reel-to-Reel
BASES: Acetate, Polyester, Mylar, Paper
SPEEDS: 15/16 IPS, 1 7/8 IPS, 3 3/4 IPS, 7 1/2 IPS, 15 IPS, 30 IPS
WIDTH: 1/8", 1/4", 1/2"
TRACKS: Full Track, Half Track, Quarter Track
DIAMETER: 3", 5", 7", 10.5"

Other Tapes
Cassette Tapes
Microcassette Tapes
8-Track Tapes
Dictet Cartridges
RCA Sound Tape Cartridges
Nagras N Tapes

Discs
BASES: Acetate, Aluminum, Cardboard, Glass 
SPEEDS: 78 RPM, 33 1/3 RPM, 45 RPM, variable RPM

Other Discs
Vinyl
Memovox
Audograph
Soundscriber

Belts
Dictabelts
Magnabelts
Sonobands

Other
Wire Recordings
Wax Cylinders

Digital
DAT
PCM-F1 VHS & Betamax
MiniDisc

 

RESTORATION

We are requipped with digital technology to renovate archival recordings by removing the clicks, pops, tape hiss, and face noise in order to reveal a distincitvely better sound.

Restitution of music or vocals that have been lost.

Restoring, renewing, reviving, or re-establishing auditory material.

 

CONSERVATION

We research the inherent problems in each disc or tape and find the most effective cleaning method to record the best quality of sound from the original. 

We have extensive experience with unsual deterioration issues:
• vinegar syndrome
• sticky shed syndrome

We specialize in the removal of:
• powder residue
• palmetic acid
• mold
• old splices
• sticky residue

 

PLAYBACK / TRANSFER

We find, restore, reverse engineer and/or invent equipment for analog formats for which there is no playback equipment available.