Thanks Rob, Deborah, these are very helpful. Chuck
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Rob Lancefield on lists < lists at lancefield.net> wrote: > Hi Chuck and all, > > In addition to the great resources Deb has suggested, two other leads: > > The Association of Recorded Sound Collections, ARSC, has institutional > members who do audio A-to-D in-house but occasionally outsource those > services, and other members who provide those services as vendors. ARSC > has an active email list, which it may be worth hitting with a query > seeking off-list replies about prospective service providers. More at: > > http://www.arsc-audio.org/arsclist.html > > One lead to an audio digitization house: Sonicraft (sonicraft.com) does > very high-quality transfers of music recordings. This recommendation is > based on individual experience, not museum-related work. As we know, a > key factor in whether any given shop is a good candidate for a project > is the eternal tradeoff between transfer quality and cost, vis-?-vis the > amount and type of source material, how much quality matters, and > budget. Please ask me off-list if you'd like a lead to someone who may > have ideas for a specific project. As a LinkedIn user, you might also > see if you happen to have connections in the Audio Engineering Society > (aes.org) via http://www.linkedin.com/groups?viewMembers=&gid=71239 . > > Re: storage media, in a word: yes, once audio is digital, physical > storage-medium aspects of preserving it are like those of preserving > other digital files. Re: metadata, the AES has developed some relevant > standards, and LOC digital preservation pages may be useful re: what can > be embedded in audio files of a specified format (e.g., WAV): > > http://www.aes.org/publications/standards/ > http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000001.shtml > > hope this helps! > > Rob (recording engineer in a pre-museum-person life) > -- > Rob Lancefield > Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections > Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University > 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA > rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 > Past President, Museum Computer Network (MCN), http://www.mcn.edu > > > On 9/15/2010 7:29 PM, Chuck Patch wrote: > > I've been asked about services that perform digitization of analog > > audio (reel-to-reel) tapes. Has anyone used such a service that they > > could recommend? A couple of related questions - are there digital > > storage media for audio considered remotely archival? Or is it > > similar to visual data that's best kept on spinning disk and migrated > > in perpetuity? What types of meta-data can one ask a service provider > > of this sort to embed in the files? > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- Chuck Patch
