Audio Tape Restoration and Enhancement

• Video To DVD Special. $44.95
• Vinyl Record to CD conversion - Click Here
• Video To DVD or CD Conversions and more click here
• Authenticity Analysis of recordings
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Audio Tape Restoration and Enhancement

We can take your tape, remove the noise, boost the proper frequencies so that the sounds you want or need to hear come through audibly. If you have a low volume, or hard to understand surveillance or evidence tape, this is JUST the service you need!

• We take your original recording and store it digitally on a high speed hard drive. Once we have made this Precise Digital Copy we will ship the original back to you right away if you include a Self Addressed Stamped Mailer. Otherwise we will return it with your order. Your original recording is never at risk and never altered in any way.
• We audition the recording to see precisely what needs to be done.
• If the recording contains hiss, hum, rumble or any other type of  "surface" noise we take a sample of it, tell our computer what to look for and then  remove it.
• Pops, clicks, and any other percussive noises are then removed without affecting the underlying signal.
• The sounds that you want to hear are then brought up to the optimum signal level.
• THEN we apply digital filtering & EQ to make the recording more understandable or listenable.
• We can record the final result on audio cassette, Digital Compact Disk, or any other media you require
• Affidavits for evidentiary recordings such as surveillance tapes will be signed & notarized upon request

Pricing

• Price: $200 flat rate per recording. (4 hours bench time or less, 80 minute recording or less)
• $90/hour for any work over 4 hours. (not likely, but it can happen with a very difficult or long recording)
• Mixdown to one Digitally mastered CD is free. Additional CDs, Cassette or micro cassette copies are $10.00 each.
• Enhancing the audio on a video recording is the same price if returned to you as audio only. Enhancing the audio track and then then returning it as a complete DVD or video tape is significantly more expensive due to the processing time involved in essentially re-editing your entire video, twice Please call us for a quote.

Listen to some examples of what can be done:

Authenticity Analysis

Authenticity analysis is used to determine if a recording has simultaneous origins as the acoustic events it represents. (ie: is the recording genuine? Or has it been altered or edited?) It is a very time intensive task requiring a millisecond-by-millisecond detailed examination of the recording and/or media.

Suspicious recordings may have their authenticity verified or negated by physical inspection, aural analysis, frequency, energy, amplitude and formant structure analysis, magnetic tape development, and/or magnified visual inspection and photographic documentation of the results.

We will supply a report upon request. The report may be a brief procedural overview (no additional charge), or an extensive detailed report with high quality graphics for court presentation. Report writing is billed at the standard hourly rate.

The minimum deposit for this type of work is $250 and must be sent before work is begun on the tape.

 

Vinyl Record to CD Conversion

• Transfer your vinyl LPs to CD - $30
• Transfer your vinyl LPs to CD, and remove most clicks, pops & rumble - $55
• Above includes plain text or Handwritten CD label
• Add scanned album art in CD case & label - Add  $15
• Call for pricing on over 5 LPs
• Questions? please see the Conversion FAQ

• DIGITAL REMASTERING AND AUDIO ENCODING

  Video To DVD Special. $44.95

  We can digitize and encode your audio into any number of formats for use on Web sites, audio CDs and CD-ROMs, and digitally remastered audio tapes.

  Our most popular service is encoding audio into Real Audio or MP3 files so it can be broadcast over the Internet.  Cost is $75 per hour of  audio. $75 minimum

   

• VIDEO CONVERSION or ENCODING FOR DVD, CD-ROM, WEBSITES AND INTRANETS

  We can now encode up to 74 minutes of audio and video onto a single Video CD, which is playable through any computer or laptop running Windows Media Player and can be played on many newer DVD players.

  Video CDs use MPEG-1 compression for VHS quality video and MPEG-1, Layer 2 (MP2) audio compression for high-quality stereo sound. Once encoded in this fashion, productions can be played from the CD or stored on computer hard drives for streaming over corporate intranets.

  DVD resolution is approximately is 3x greater than the VideoCD or VHS tape. A DVD holds 2 hours of exceptionally high quality video. ( at DVD resolution a VideoCD could only hold 20 minutes of video)

  Our rate for encoding video onto CDs or DVDs is $85 per hour of video. $85 Minimum. Please feel free to contact us for more information.

   

  • We also offer hardcopy transcriptions of your tapes after audio enhancement is complete

  • The average hour-long tape takes about 6.5 working hours to transcribe with a resulting charge of approximately $390.

  • Broadcast-quality material takes less time to transcribe. Hard-to-hear material will take longer to transcribe.

  • We will work as long as your budget allows us to get the best transcript possible. We provide an estimated price and turnaround time before we start any job.

  • Dense material with a lot of technical, business, financial or computer terms usually takes between seven and eight hours per hour of audio. Focus groups with multiple participants and overlapping conversations usually take between eight and 10 hours per hour to transcribe and proofread.

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