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Audio Restoration and transfers call 07810 271371, Cassette, 1/4 tape, vinyl, 78 RPMS, MD, 4 Tracks

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SafeandSound offers audio restoration and transfer services
at competitive rates, cleaning up tapes, vinyl and valuable recordings :

NO VAT TO ADD ON PRICES !

There are 2 rates:

For private/personal collections, tapes , vinyl etc. the following rates apply, please note there are a few methods for transfering vinyl, some much better than others, I use only professional equipment and techniques (i.e. no USB turntables which give lower quality results) This is archival and preservation quality transfer.(using 24 bit AKM A/D audiophile quality converters)

Cassette tapes, one off's, any length £30.00 + Special delivery, more than 1 tape at £15.00 per hour of material (or part thereof) I can usually repair snapped cassette tapes for £10.00

LP 12" £8.50 per side (one off's £25.00) + return postage

LP 12" Singles / EP's £5.50 per side (one off's £20.00)+ return postage

45's 7" Singles £4.00 per side (one off's £15.00)+ return postage

78's (up to 12") disks transferred for £6.00 per side +
return postage.

DAT tapes £9.00 per 30mins of material (or part therof)

Minidiscs transferred £30.00 for one off's and please call for multiple discount.

4 Track Cassettes (Portastudio Cassettes) £40.00 with a direct transfer of recorded levels. Tracks mixed for £10.00 each.

4 track 1/4" inch tapes £30.00 per studio hour (material transferred mixed as is, please ask for remixing quote if required)

Mono/Stereo 1/4" tapes £30.00 per studio hour. (using REVOX high quality open reel to reel machine)

Media charge £0.35 per CD-R and £0.35 for a slimline jewel case.

If deemed necessary or specifically requested the above private rates include dehiss/decrackle.

Professional restoration/transfer services are charged at £30.00 per hour (no vat to add).

For custom jobs or many items please call for a competitive
estimate. I will use Special Delivery to send the transfers and original material back this costs between £4.60 and £15.00

The following types of restoration can be provisioned:

Dehiss
Denoise
Dehum
Decrackle
Declicking
Depopping
Audio filtering (of specific frequency bands)
Specific extraneous noise removal
Improved speech intelligability
Clarification of virtually any audio recordings
Pitch and playback speed manipulation to enhance clarity

Most audio and be transferred and retored this could be :

Hissy tapes
Poor recordings
Critical evidence
Dictaphone recordings
Mobile phone recordings
Radio transmissions
Telephone conversations
Problematic field / location / production recordings
Audio from video
Surveillance recordings
Radio interviews or production sound.
Crackling old vinyl recordings

Using 3 advanced restoration software types including Izotope RX, most problems can be cleaned up, greatly improving and revitalizing recordings.Precious recordings can be enjoyed and preserved on CD-R reducing wear and tear on the original source recordings.Transfers of audio from most domestic formats onto a digital medium or digital file format.

Equipment:

DENON DRS-810 3 head audiophile cassette player
Pro-ject Debut turntable with Ortofon OM S stylus Audiophile grade equipment with RIAA preamplifier.
24bit / 96kHz capable analogue to digital conversion with AKM (TM) A/D convertors
Taiyo Yuden / Verbatim Class A recordable CD-R media.
Editing and PQ encoding in SADiE high end Audio workstation

All material sent to SafeandSound / Barry Gardner for transfer to other formats must be original material owned by the customer.

Copyright and disclaimer :

SafeandSound will make a copy of the original recording for the purposes of private use under the 'fair use' provisions of copyright law. These copies are strictly for personal listening by the recording owner and must not be redistributed or duplicated in any way and destroyed if the original is sold/destroyed. By using these services, the user takes full responsibility for all copyright issues.

I strongly recommend sending precious recordings by Royal Mail Special Delivery (check for pricing at you local post office or online at Royal Mail). The sender is soley responsible for delivery and packing the recorded material with sufficient packing materials for safe delivery. Whilst every attempt is made to ensure safe return delivery (by Special Delivery) and professional care is taken with all materials in my posession, you use this service with the provisor that ultimately the sender assumes responsibility for the loss of any materials.

78's should be packed with a sheet of corrugated cardboard
in between each disk as they are especially fragile, ensure
you mark the package "Do Not Bend".

Please email or call before sending :

Safeandsound
PO Box 5866
Southend On Sea
SS1 9GR

Accepted payment forms:

Cash, Cheque or PayPal, 50pct deposit must be paid upon commencement of work and 50pct before delivery of mastered audio, smaller jobs require full payment by cheque sent with materials to be transferred.

Contact : Barry on 0(zero)7810 271371
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