Audio

Restoration of many audio media formats to new digitized long lasting archival medium with clarification enhancements


Vinyl Record Audio Transfers Vinyl Records were the thing for many many years.  They are the child of the original cylinder recordings.  They were more reliable and durable.  They came in multiple formats including: Thick 78 RPM records, Small 45RPM records, Larger 33RPM long play records, Recordable home use records and the same home use records that played in reverse order.  There were also Transcription Records which were unusually...

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PCM Digital Audio Adapter to Video Media Preserve specializes in recovering and restoring video tape recorded with the Digital Audio PCM, usually checkerboard visual signature and converting and transferring the resulting Digital Audio stream into a more common and long term digital audio format of your choice.  It is as simple as sending Media Preserve your video tape with the PCM video signal and we will convert it and return your...

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Mini Disc Audio Transfers Mini Disc format was a short lived format but it was indeed a high quality format.  The user could choose to record in the compressed format that was the default or if their equipment was capable of it, they could choose to record in a PCM format of 44.1khz or 48khz uncompressed format.  Mini Disc was used by consumers and Professionals.  There were some devices that would also allow the disc to be used as a...

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Finally a digital audio recording format that was truly portable.  Though other attempts were previously tried, it wasn’t until the DAT Recorder came along that the devices became small enough and high quality enough to be used in professional applications.  Because of the widespread acceptance of this format professionally, many masters and on-location recordings were captured on the DAT format.  The importance of DAT for a...

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