We provide high-quality transfers/copies
even from hard-to-play tapes.

Our studio as of August 2007

We have updated the equipment list below as of October 2024
some of the machines pictured below have been re-homed.

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• Sony APR 5003-V: 3.75, 7.5, 15, and 30 in/s (i.p.s.). It can also be coerced to run at 1.875 in/s. For 1/4 and 1/2-inch tape.
  
  We have the following head assemblies for these machines. Note, the two side-by-side machines are used for 3- and 4-channel reproduction. Head assemblies are for 1/4" tape unless otherwise noted.
  • Full track mono - a portion of the guides have been widened for 6.5mm German tape.
  • 0.200-inch wide, centered mono (for paper tapes)
  • DIN Stereo
  • Wideface Applied Magnetics NAB Stereo
  • Standard NAB Stereo (Woelke) assemblies with timecode (4+)
  • Quarter and Eight track stereo assembly (play only)
  • 3-channel NAB cartridge format and 3-channel Pacific Recorders TomCat MaxTrax cartridge format assembly (play only)
  • 4-track, 4-channel (play only)
  • 8-track, 4-channel (play only with special elevator height adjustment that maintains azimuth while permitting reproduction of any 21-mil track anywhere on the surface of the tape).
  • 1/2-inch 2-track (2)
  • 1/2-inch 3- and 4-track assembly (play only)

• Nakamichi Dragon cassette decks for the ultimate in cassette reproduction
  
  
• DATATAPE CMS 1044 4-channel cassette logging recorders
  
  
• Sony PCM-7030 DAT machine for high-quality transfers with logged error corrections and four Tascam DA-20 MKII DAT machines.
  
• Sony PCM-601ES (2) Digital Audio Processors to recover the PCM-F1 format from VHS, or BetaMax tape.
  
  
• Akai CR-80D-SS 4-channel 8-track (Lear cartridge) recorder/player
  
  
• Sony MZ-RH1 Hi-MD Minidisc recorder with USB download
  
  
• Sony MDS JE-530 Minidisc recorder
  
  
• Technics SP-10 MK II Turntable with RTS 405 Preamp and Stanton 681 series cartridge with several stylii.
  
  

• Dolby 363 stereo noise reduction systems
  Four with SR/A cards one with SR only cards
  
  
• Dolby 422 four channels of Dolby B, C, and S (2 for a total of 8 channels)
  
  
• dbx Type I Noise Reduction (2 channels total)
  
  
• dbx Type II Noise Reduction Unit (2 channels total)
  
  
• Softare decoders for dbx I and II, Dolby B and C, High Com, High Com II, and Telcom C4

• Monitoring is on five Mackie HR-824 High-resolution monitors and AKG K-240DF headphones.
  
  
• Analog audio is routed through dbx PB-48 balanced patch bays
  
  
• RME Fireface UFX II (12x 192/24 analog I/O, 2x ADAT I/O, and AES I/O)
  
  
• We have onsite RAID 6 storage as well as off-site cloud storage for all data
  

• Amber 3501 Audio Test Set
  
  
• HpW-Works Pro FFT-based Measurement System
  
  
• Woelke ME110E Wow and Flutter meter
  
  
• Tektronix 485 Oscilloscope
  
  
• Tektronix 7632 Analog Storage Oscilloscope
  
  
• To keep machines running, spares are important. In addition to the fully working machines listed above and some parts boxes.

• Central station alarm system for fire and burglary--the local fire and police respond very quickly.