Re: [Frameworks] Help with digitizing reel-to-reel tapes
Bill Seery at Mercer Sound is very good. Jeff Kreines Kinetta j...@kinetta.com kinetta.com Sent from iPhone. > On Nov 2, 2019, at 6:28 PM, Dennis Doros wrote: > > I've been using Digital Media Services in New York. Trevor Boelter > EVP, Sales 818.846.4000 818.679.1056 cell > tboel...@digitalmediaservices.com > > Fondest regards, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video • PO Box 128 • Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: +1 (201) 767-3117 • Email: milefi...@gmail.com • www.milestone.film > > President, Association of Moving Image Archivists > amiapresid...@amianet.org • www.amianet.org > AMIA 2019 • 11/13–16 Baltimore, MD > > Pronouns: He, Him, His > > JOIN MILESTONE'S MAILING LIST TODAY! > Support us on Facebook and Twitter! > > > > > > >> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 5:32 PM Scott Dorsey wrote: >> Steve Puntolillo at Sonicraft is the first place I would go. First of all, >> they are careful people and will set their machines up properly for your >> tapes. If your tapes have tones, they will line them up, if they don't they >> will set the azimuth by ear. And then they are able to do clean unattended >> transfers which will cost you less than having an attended transfer done. >> >> If you have 3 3/4 ips tapes, likely they were made on consumer machines which >> might be quarter-track instead of normal professional half-track >> configuration >> and they can identify those and make sure they have the right headstack in >> the machine. >> >> I can do transfers like this but I'll charge a whole lot more money because >> I have one machine that will need to be reconfigured for every different >> format and then re-aligned at the end for normal studio configuration and >> every time I do that you pay for the time. If you send it to someone like >> Sonicraft that specializes in the work, they can do it faster and that means >> doing it cheaper because they have machines already configured and they >> don't need to be swapping heads and speed control boards all the time. >> >> If you think there is ANY chance that any of these tapes have center track >> pilot tone or timecode, warn the transfer guy in advance and make sure he >> has a machine with nagratone heads so he can pull the synch signal off. >> --scott >> >> ___ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > ___ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Help with digitizing reel-to-reel tapes
This suggestion has at least one strike against it for your situation (west coast) but I'll again mention the Bay Area Video Coalition's Preservation Access Program. https://bavc.org/preserve-media/preservation-access-program The application process opens twice a year and is relatively painless (they require an inventory of your assets but you're going to want to do that anyway). They have a long queue of work so, in my case, it was ten (more?) months before my files were ready. But they have a wide range of well-maintained equipment and well-trained, passionate staff in house, so the care and quality is top notch. They've done work for the Visual Studies Workshop collection recently and didn't Tara Nelson post something on Frameworks about Morgan Morel, BAVC's Preservation Manager, giving a workshop in Rochester quite recently? Hope this info's useful to someone. Eric On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 10:52 AM Robert Withers wrote: > Hello, > I asked about this a couple years ago and somebody offered help/services. > I have 24 7 inch reels and 12 5 inch reels of tape that need to be > digitized, dating from the 1960s-1970s. Mostly some kind of stereo, 7 1/2 > ips, some 3 3/4. > > Can anyone offer this service or recommend a service to digitize these? > I think some people at Harvestworks in NYC can do this — does anyone have > a name? > > I’d like to work with folks in NYC so as not to get involved with shipping > precious archival tapes. > > Many thanks, > Robert > > Robert Withers > withe...@earthlink.net > 202 West 80 St #5W NYNY 10024 > 212-873-1353 land > 212-203-3048 mobile > > > > ___ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Help with digitizing reel-to-reel tapes
Hello, I asked about this a couple years ago and somebody offered help/services. I have 24 7 inch reels and 12 5 inch reels of tape that need to be digitized, dating from the 1960s-1970s. Mostly some kind of stereo, 7 1/2 ips, some 3 3/4. Can anyone offer this service or recommend a service to digitize these? I think some people at Harvestworks in NYC can do this — does anyone have a name? I’d like to work with folks in NYC so as not to get involved with shipping precious archival tapes. Many thanks, Robert Robert Withers withe...@earthlink.net 202 West 80 St #5W NYNY 10024 212-873-1353 land 212-203-3048 mobile ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
