Friday, July 6, 2007

A/V Companies

NOTE! I do not personally endorse these companies, mostly because I'm no longer in the audio field and have never used them. Some I have heard about through ARSC (the Association for Recorded Sound Collections) and some personally sent me their information for inclusion on the site.

Bluefield Mastering - Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, Bluefield is a dedicated mastering studio featuring highly specialized equipment for high-quality, professional mastering and restoration.

Creative Audio Works - With over 25 years of industry experience in audio recording for film and video, Creative Audio Works provides audio restoration and archival services for professional as well as consumer markets. They are also able to transfer media from obsolete formats onto modern permanent formats, such as CD, DVD-V or DVD-A, as well as restore old recordings by removing unwanted noise such as clicks, pops, hum and tape hiss.

FlexiMusic - Software company that distributes FlexiMusic Wave Editor, an audio editor that can be used to create, record, edit, draw, add effects & play mp3/audio files.

Munters - Munters specializes in humidity control with products and services for water and fire damage restoration, dehumidification, humidification and air cooling.

Sonicraft - Sonicraft A2DX Lab was designed to meet a specific need in the professional audio community: to provide the ultimate in multitrack analog-to-digital transfers.

SPECS BROS. - SPECS BROS. is a magnetic tape decontamination and restoration facility, located in Lodi, NJ, which specializes in disaster recovery and the rejuvenation of archival tapes suffering from material breakdown. They have been restoring magnetic materials since 1983. The services they offer include: Fire Restoration; Flood Reclamation; Archival Rejuvenation; Incubation for Binder Hydrolysis; chemical decontamination; fungus removal; reel/hub/shell repair and duplication.

Vignettes Media - Audio tape restoration and mastering company located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, owned and operated by Richard L. Hess.

You can refer to the following resources for lists of preservation and restoration specialists:

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