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Shellac discs
to digital

shellac disc to digital
Acetate disc to digital
78, 76, rpm, etc to digital
Radio transcription to digital
cardboard discs to digital
(recordio, rek-o-kut, audiodisc)
Aluminium discs to digital
(speak-0-phone, repeat-a-voice,
Remsem, Kodisk, Stearns Brothers,
U&I voice Records)
LP to digital
EP to digital
Single disc to digitalGalleryVideos

Digitization considerations

We use State of the Art technology to transfer more than 18 different audio discs to digital in the highest quality.

We recommend for archival copy; PCM uncompressed WAV a 96Khzs/24 bits, 192 Khzs /24 bits or 88,2 Khzs /24 bits depending on client demands.

For the access copy; Wav a 44,1Khzs /16 bits edited and restored plus MP3 2 channel 320mbps.

– 3 Rondine III turntables with selectable speed provides ultra low resonance, high accurate stable stroboscope calibrated speed for audio discs archival.

– Custom made Tomahawk (c) air bearing tonearms (UK) are attached to every turntable to provide linear tracking sampling.

– Custom made by expert stylus UK an assortment of stylus shapes and widths for every unique shellac/laquered/vynil disc.

– Hill and dale vertical cut and lateral V cut shape discs are transferred accurately.

– All diameters 3″, 5″, 72, 10″ up to 16 (radio transcriptions) can be transferred.

– rotation speeds (from 16rpm to more than 100rpm), heads up for 76rpm, 78,24 rpm and 80rpm.

– Composition; cardboard, acetate, vinyl, shellac, even magnetic Telefunken and Pye discs, no problem.

Digital Restoration

Cedar Audio (c) provides great quality noise restoration without damaging the audio source;

  • Clicks,
  • cracks
  • Buzz, Hum
  • Hiss
  • implosive noises (keys drop, screams, doors banging, cough, …can also be restored with no foodprint)
COMMON AFFECTIONS
  • broken parts
  • palmitic acid (acetate, lacquered discs)
  • embedded dirt (shellac)
  • Oval vinyl discs.
  • mold (sometimes come from the cardboard cover due to moisture)
all discs we can transfer to digital
  • – Large 16″ radio transcription disc transfer to digital

    – Shellac disc transfer to digital under any speed 76 rpm, 78 rpm, 90 rpm, 100 rpm, etc.

    – 16 rpm low speed lacquered discs transfer to digital

    – Acetate disc transfer to digital.

    – LP 33 1/3 rpm disc transfer to digital (specially for itunes, youtube, record labels, etc.)

    – Single 45 rpm transfer to digital using high end linear tracking tonearm.

    – Extended Play transfer to digital.

    – Pathe Hill and dale discs transfer to digital.

    – Edison Diamond hill and dale discs transfer to digital.

    – Voice Writer disc transfer to digital.

    – Gay Audograph disc transfer to digital.

    – Wilcox Gay cardboard disc transfer to digital.

    – Flexi disc transfer to digital.

    – Soundscriber disc transfer to digital.

    – Mattel o Phone disc transfer to digital.

    – Telefunken magnetic disc transfer to digital.

    – PYE magnetic disc transfer to digital.

BEFORE AND AFTER

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Audio RestorationShellac discs to digital

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