AUDIO CONVERSION, RESTORATION AND DIGITAL REMASTERING TO UNCOMPRESSED WAV FILES
Records, compact audio cassette, Mini & Micro cassettes, DAT tapes, 8 track, reel to reel.
STRAIGHT CONVERSION OR AUDIO RESTORATION OF ANALOG AUDIO TO DIGITAL AUDIO FORMAT IN RAW “UNCOMPRESSED” WAV FILES.
DON’T HAVE SOME COMPANY PUT YOUR AUDIO COLLECTION ON HIGHLY COMPRESSED MP3 FORMAT – RECEIVE TOP QUALITY FROM TEAMWORK MEDIA.
We use commercial quality turntables, audio digitizing cassette decks, Digital Audio decks, reel to reel decks, CD burners and digital audio mixers and can master to Professional Mastering Quality Archival CD-Rs (not the cheap ones) or to other storage options including thumb/flash or hard drives. We provide analog audio (all formats) re-mastered and recorded in real-time “RAW” with NO compression to WAV files and are compatible with Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems.
ALL PRICES LISTED ARE IN CANADIAN DOLLARS – ATTENTION USA CUSTOMERS; YOUR DOLLAR IS WORTH MORE! SEE: CURRENCY EXCHANGE
STRAIGHT DIGITAL MASTER OF 1/4″ MONO AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES
Great for previously taped seminars or historical interviews that does not require individual tracks such as music. We use the latest audio recording digitizer technology by GEM with NO LOSS OF QUALITY. Quick turnaround time! If you have a large project, discounts apply on quantity.
TMTV STUDIO NEWS: We can convert large quantities of audio cassette tapes
THIS IS A STRAIGHT DUB OF 1/4″ AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES TO DIGITAL WAV FILES AND BURNED ON A CD, USB FLASH/THUMB DRIVE OR PORTABLE HARD DRIVE: NO TRACKS ARE SEPARATED, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A TRACK FOR EACH SIDE OF THE CASSETTE TAPE. PRICES BASED ON ONE TAPE. ALL TAPES WILL BE CHECKED FOR LENGTH AND ALL BLANK AUDIO WILL BE REMOVED.
PRICES LISTED ARE A BASIC COST PER SERVICE, CONTACT US FOR AN ESTIMATE OR QUOTE BASED ON YOUR VOLUME. DISCOUNTS ON QUANTITY. LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE. PRICING IN CANADIAN DOLLARS
| Length – MINIMUM CHARGE – ONE TAPE: $39.95 | Price |
| 30 minute: Straight dub of 30 minute tape (2 or more tapes) | $23.95 each |
| 45 minute:Straight dub of 45 minute tape (2 or more tapes) | $24.95 each |
| 60 minute: Straight dub of 60 minute tape (2 or more tapes) | $25.95 each |
| 90 minute: (Requires 2 CDs) Straight dub of 90 minute tape | $26.95 each |
| 120 minute: (Requires 2 CDs) Straight dub of 120 minute tape | $37.95 each |
MEDIA OPTIONS: – Email us for a completed quote including media.
- Place files on a USB 3.0 Flash Drive or portable hard drive.
- CD-R 300 YEAR ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC; includes plastic poly case and direct to disc printing of your title information. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
- CD-R “MUSIC-CD” FOR AUDIO RECORDING 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC or PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL 24 KARAT GOLD 300 YEAR CERTIFIED MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE: includes hard plastic CD case and insert. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
NOTE: EACH SIDE OF THE CASSETTE TAPE WOULD BE ONE TRACK ON THE CD. WAV files can be edited on your audio software or played on any computer and compatible CD players, for playback in compatible car & stereo CD players.
Records which include; the older 78 speed, LPs (longplay albums) & 45s
COMPLETE AUDIO CASSETTE RESTORATION & RE-MASTERING OF ANALOG RECORDS AND TAPES
CREATE UNCOMPRESSED WAV FORMAT FOR UNBEATABLE QUALITY! – DON’T HAVE SOME COMPANY PUT YOUR AUDIO CASSETTE COLLECTION ON HIGHLY COMPRESSED MP3 FORMAT… HAVE US PROVIDE TOP QUALITY AND COMPATIBILITY OF YOUR AUDIO COLLECTION.
ALL AUDIO FOR RESTORATION & RE-MASTERING IS RECORDED IN REAL-TIME FROM THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL IN THEIR ORIGINAL SPEED
BEST QUALITY. DIGITAL AUDIO RESTORATION & MASTERING OF RECORDS OR CASSETTE TAPES & MASTERED IN REAL-TIME TO CD OR THUMB/FLASH DRIVE: AUDIO CASSETTE, DAT TAPES, MINI AUDIO CASSETTE, RECORD ALBUMS LPs, 45s, 78s, & 8 TRACK TAPES TO WAV OR WMA FILES. USING PROFESSIONAL HI-END AUDIO EQUIPMENT: RECORDS ARE CLEANED & RESTORED, BOTH RECORDS AND TAPES ARE AUDIO ENHANCED BY REMOVING CLICKS, POPS AND CRACKLES, BOOST LOW AUDIO, TRACKS ARE SEPARATED AND NUMBERED OR TITLED.
1/4″ AUDIO CASSETTES, MINI-AUDIO CASSETTES, 8 TRACK TAPES AND RECORDS 33 LP, 45s, 78s TO AUDIO CD IN WAV FILES OR OPTION TO GO TO AUDIO CD – PRICES LISTED ARE A BASIC COST PER SERVICE, CONTACT US FOR AN ESTIMATE OR QUOTE BASED ON YOUR VOLUME. DISCOUNTS ON QUANTITY. LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE. PRICING IN CANADIAN DOLLARS
| Length -MINIMUM CHARGE – ONE TAPE OR RECORD: $75.00 | Price |
| 30 minute: Digital audio restoration and mastering – per tape or record (2 or more) | $49.50 each |
| 45 minute:Digital audio restoration and mastering – per tape or record (2 or more) | $54.50 each |
| 60 minute: Digital audio restoration and mastering – per tape or record (2 or more) | $59.00 each |
| 80 minutes +: (Requires 2 a two CD set if going with CDs) Digital audio restoration and mastering – per tape or record | $64.50 each |
| 120 minute: (Requires 2 a two CD set if going with CDs) Digital audio restoration and mastering – per tape or record | $75.00 each |
Minimum charge $75.00
33 LPS AVERAGE COST $1.10 PER MINUTE RECORDING TIME TO MASTER TO WAV FILES
45S AVERAGE COST $3.30 PER MINUTE RECORDING TIME TO MASTER TO WAV FILES
78S AVERAGE COST $4.40 PER MINUTE RECORDING TIME TO MASTER TO WAV FILES
MEDIA OPTIONS:
- Place files on a USB 3.0 Flash Drive or portable hard drive.
- CD-R 300 YEAR ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC; includes plastic poly case and direct to disc printing of your title information. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
- CD-R “MUSIC-CD” FOR AUDIO RECORDING 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC or PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL 24 KARAT GOLD 300 YEAR CERTIFIED MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE: includes hard plastic CD case and insert. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
1/4 inch reel audio tape
1/4″ REEL TO REEL AUDIO TAPES
RE-MASTERED TO WAV AUDIO FILES IN REAL-TIME. TAPES ARE THEN AUDIO ENHANCED BY REMOVING CLICKS, POPS AND CRACKLES, BOOST LOW AUDIO, TRACKS ARE SEPARATED AND NUMBERED OR TITLED AND NEW MASTER FILES ARE CREATED.
PRICES LISTED ARE A BASIC COST PER SERVICE, CONTACT US FOR AN ESTIMATE OR QUOTE BASED ON YOUR VOLUME. DISCOUNTS ON QUANTITY. LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE. PRICING IN CANADIAN DOLLARS
| Length/Spool Diameter | 15 ips (38 cm) |
7.1/2 ips (19 cm) |
3.3/4 ips (9.5 cm) |
1.7/8 ips (4.9 cm) |
Price (minimum charge) for one tape |
| 100 ft 3″- ONE SIDE Up to 30 minutes | 5 min | 10 min | 16 min | 30 min | One tape $75.00 Minimum |
| 600 ft 5″- ONE SIDE Up to 60 minutes | 8 min | 16 min | 32 min | 60 min | One tape $78.50 Minimum |
| 1200 ft 7″- ONE SIDE Up to 90 minutes | 16 min | 32 min | 64 min | 90 min | One tape $82.50 Minimum |
Minimum charge $75.00
BASIC RATE BELOW: Please e-mail for a complete quote.
15 ips $4.40 per minute completed master.
7.5 ips $3.30 per minute completed master.
3.75 ips $1.65 per minute completed master.
1.75 ips $1.10 per minute completed master.
MEDIA OPTIONS:
- Place files on a USB 3.0 Flash Drive or portable hard drive.
- CD-R 300 YEAR ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC; includes plastic poly case and direct to disc printing of your title information. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
- CD-R “MUSIC-CD” FOR AUDIO RECORDING 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC or PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL 24 KARAT GOLD 300 YEAR CERTIFIED MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE: includes hard plastic CD case and insert. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
- Restoration of any physically damaged tape, including mold, warped or broken. Tapes requiring special attention to change pitch and speed of poorly recorded tapes is additional charge.
DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
DAT – DIGITAL AUDIO TAPES CONVERTED TO WAV AUDIO FILES
STRAIGHT CONVERSION – FILES ARE EDITED TO THE ACTUAL LENGTH OF THE TAPE – Great for previously taped seminars or historical interviews that does not require individual tracks such as music. We use the latest audio recording digitizer technology in real-time with NO LOSS OF QUALITY. OPTION OF AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS for music or poorly recorded tape.
PRICES LISTED ARE A BASIC COST PER SERVICE, CONTACT US FOR AN ESTIMATE OR QUOTE BASED ON YOUR VOLUME. DISCOUNTS ON QUANTITY. LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE. PRICING IN CANADIAN DOLLARS
| Length – MINIMUM CHARGE – ONE TAPE: $59.95 | Price on volume |
| 30 minute: Straight dub of 30 minute tape (two or more tapes) | $39.95 per tape |
| 45 minute: Straight dub of 45 minute tape (two or more tapes) | $44.95 per tape |
| 60 minute + tapes: (.60 cents per minute after 60 minutes) | $49.95 per hour |
OPTION: RE-MASTERING TO AUDIO FILES. TAPES ARE AUDIO ENHANCED BY REMOVING CLICKS, POPS AND CRACKLES, BOOST LOW AUDIO, TRACKS ARE SEPARATED AND NUMBERED OR TITLED.
MEDIA OPTIONS:
- Place files on a USB 3.0 Flash Drive or portable hard drive.
- CD-R 300 YEAR ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC; includes plastic poly case and direct to disc printing of your title information. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
- CD-R “MUSIC-CD” FOR AUDIO RECORDING 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC or PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL 24 KARAT GOLD 300 YEAR CERTIFIED MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE: includes hard plastic CD case and insert. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
EXTRACT AUDIO FROM MOVIE FILM, LASERDISCS, VIDEOTAPES, 8 TRACK TAPES OR DVDS – Special service
Separate the audio only from any media source we convert. Create WAV files and place those files on a thumb/flash drive or audio CD.
Minimum charge $82.50 – Then after one hour $1.10 per minute of final audio recorded. Charge is per hour editing and boosting audio if required. PRICES LISTED ARE A BASIC COST PER SERVICE, CONTACT US FOR AN ESTIMATE OR QUOTE BASED ON YOUR VOLUME. DISCOUNTS ON QUANTITY. LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE. PRICING IN CANADIAN DOLLARS
MEDIA OPTIONS:
- Place files on a USB 3.0 Flash Drive or portable hard drive.
- CD-R 300 YEAR ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC; includes plastic poly case and direct to disc printing of your title information. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
- CD-R “MUSIC-CD” FOR AUDIO RECORDING 700MB/80 MINUTE (Maximum size) DISC or PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVAL 24 KARAT GOLD 300 YEAR CERTIFIED MASTER 700MB/80 MINUTE: includes hard plastic CD case and insert. (Tapes over 80 minutes require a two CD set).
Additional charges may apply for restoration of damaged media or to change pitch and speed of poorly recorded material.
OPTION: RE-MASTERING TO AUDIO FILES. TAPES ARE AUDIO ENHANCED BY REMOVING CLICKS, POPS AND CRACKLES, BOOST LOW AUDIO, TRACKS ARE SEPARATED AND NUMBERED OR TITLED.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS OR SERVICES TO THE ABOVE
DIGITAL AUDIO EDITING FROM ALL FORMATS, MULTIPLE TAPES OR RECORDS TO ONE CD: More than one audio tape or (audio clip) copied to same CD. Selecting individual tracks and digital audio enhance from damaged or very poor quality tapes or records which require additional audio restoration or repairs.
FILE CONVERSION: Converting audio files to-from, WAV-WMA-MP3 & others. NOTE: MP3 files are highly compressed and do not provide the best possible audio quality.
FILE NAMES: Create individual personal file names for each track rather than numbers.
REPAIRS: We can physically repair audio tapes & clean records, CDs or DVDs.
AUDIO TAPE RESTORATION & RECOVERY
AUDIO TAPE RESTORATION & RECOVERY FOR MOLDY, WATER, HEAT DAMAGED OR STICKY-SHED SYNDROME TAPE & THE BAKING PROCESS
Sometimes Sticky-tape syndrome or (sticky-shed syndrome), can occur when a tape’s binder layer begins to delaminate from the base material is the most difficult to restore. The process of bringing a tape back to a playable condition can be a complicated procedure. Tapes in this condition will not playback easily, if at all.
If properly identified, these tapes can benefit from exposure to elevated temperatures (Baking) for several hours, which bakes the binder back onto the base material. This consolidation of binder and base stabilizes the tape system so that it can be played once while the information is copied on to a more stable format. Baking tapes is an extreme measure and only used on particular types of audio tape as a final option to unbound the sticky tape. The results from the baking process are not always successful. Depending on what is required to get stable, clean audio and convert the tape to a digital file format. Cost is on a per hour basis for Restoration and conversion and would be calculated upon inspection of the audio tape. Discounts on volume.
Deposit Required for all audio Restoration: Unlike film were we can preview or see images before restoration to check the content for you, that is not possible with audio or video tape. Audio that is physically broken or damaged by mold, heat or water must be restored and cleaned first before checking it’s content. Meaning you would be required to pay a non refundable deposit for the Restoration before we convert the tape. Restoration of audio tape is a very time consuming, lengthy process and sometimes and be expensive depending on your quantity and damaged condition. If you do not know the content of your tapes, please be aware there are costs involved before checking your audio tape content before conversion.
WAV (WAVEFORM AUDIO FILE FORMAT) AUDIO INFORMATION
We use commercial quality turntables, cassette decks, DAT decks, reel to reel decks, CD burners and digital audio mixers and can master to Professional Quality CD-Rs (not the cheap ones) with options to use mastering audio CDs or gold CDs or place files on a thumb or hard drive. We provide the option of analog audio (all formats) re-mastered and recorded in real-time with NO compression to “RAW” WAV files. WAV audio format is uncompressed audio in the linear pulse code modulation (LPCM) format. LPCM is also the standard audio coding format for audio CDs, which store two-channel LPCM audio sampled at 44,100 Hz with 16 bits per sample. Since LPCM is uncompressed and retains all of the samples of an audio track, professional users or audio experts use the WAV format with LPCM audio for maximum audio quality. WAV FILES are compatible with Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems.
WAV files can be edited with your audio editing program or played on any computer and compatible CD players that can play “WAV” files.
We DO NOT convert tapes direct to MP3 files which are highly compressed and do not provide the best possible audio quality. If you want MP3 we can convert the WAV files we created to Mp3 at additional cost.
AUDIO TAPE FORMATS
MINI-CASSETTE & MICROCASSETTE AUDIO TAPES
Mini/Micro audio and dictation tapes.
The Mini-Cassette is is different from a Microcassette. Each use a different type of playback or recording deck. Tapes were no longer then 60 minutes. Used for dictation, answering machines and voice recording. We can convert either format.
AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES
1/4″ AUDIO CASSETTE TAPE
Analog audio Cassettes (also known as compact cassettes) come in various lengths. Unless you have logged the tape and know the duration, it is hard to predict how long each tape is. Some tapes are marked 20 minutes, 30 minutes and so on, but the tapes may not be full if they were home recorded. Most store bought tapes will have the length marked on them which will make it easier to predict how many tapes will fit on each 80 minutes CD. It is hard to give an exact quote unless you know the length of each tape you want transferred.
1/4″ REEL TO REEL TAPE
The first reel to reel tape recorders were introduced in Canada and USA in the late forties.
Tracks – Originally machines and tapes were full track, recording across the full width of the tape.
Then half track allowing two separate mono recordings on each side of a tape, or one single stereo recording.
Most open reel recordings are on 1/4″ tape and recorded in one of the following forms…
Speed – 15, 7.5, 3.75, 1.78 IPS (inches per second)
Reel size – 7″ (1200ft), 5″ (600ft) or 3″ (100′).
For your guidance, below are the approximate running times (one pass) of the various reel sizes.
| Length | Spool (Reel) Diameter | 15 ips (38 cm) |
7.5 ips (19 cm) |
3.75 ips (9.5 cm) |
1.78 ips (4.9 cm) |
| 100 ft | 3″ ONE SIDE | 5 min | 10 min | 16 min | 30 min |
| 600 ft | 5″ ONE SIDE | 8 min | 16 min | 32 min | 60 min |
| 1200 ft | 7″ ONE SIDE | 16 min | 32 min | 64 min | 90 min |
Unless you have logged the tape and know the duration, it is hard to predict how long each tape is. Knowing the size of the reel does not mean too much but we can base a quote by time. (see above) It depends on how thick the tape is (which determines the length of the tape), the speed at which it was recorded, the number of tracks, if the tape was recorded on both sides, etc. Armed with this knowledge, you can order based on an “estimated” length of the tape.
We will not know the length of each tape until we actually finish recording.
If, after we begin processing, we find out that the tape is blank or can not be recorded, we will not convert the tape, but charge only return shipping of the material to the customer if you want it returned.
DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE (DAT)
(DAT or R-DAT) recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987.
As Sony has ceased production of new recorders, it has become more difficult to play archived recordings in this format unless they are copied to other formats or hard drives. DATs should not be considered as an option for long-term archival storage, however, as they are susceptible to high error rates that cause dropouts, pops, and other digital anomalies as they age.
8 TRACK AUDIO TAPE CARTRIDGE
The average 8 track is the same as an LP length, between 40 to 45 minutes in length.
During conversion of Audio cassettes, 8 track tapes, Reel to Reel audio tapes, LPs, 45s & 78s, individual tracks can be identified, separated and numbered to allow each track to be accessed instantly and accurately in the same manner as a commercial disc.
COPYRIGHT MATERIAL
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