AUDIO TRANSFERS:
Audio can be transferred to standard CD-ROM for playback on small domestic players, car CD systems and most computers. The CD-ROM format will hold only 80 minutes of audio so longer recordings would be spanned across multiple CD's. Alternatively MP3 is a high quality heavily compressed format that can also be played on most modern CD players, computers and car audio systems.

REEL TO REEL MAGNETIC TAPE :
Magnetic tape became very popular in the 1950's~1960's for music and voice recording. Audio letters were a popular way to communicate with distant relatives using small portable tape recorders to record conversations at family gatherings.

Acetate tape over a period of time will curl and shrink causing degradation in playback quality. Polyester tape also has its problems, especially tape formulations from the USA around 1975 to 1985 which left a sticky substance on the rollers and heads causing a drop in sound fidelity. Age is perhaps the biggest drawback for magnetic tape, so if you have audio material archived on tape then the point in time will come when this will not be able to be retrieved.

The transfer of any analog to digital format will only ever be a temporary exercise as even the digital formats are constantly changing. CD players won't be around forever but to preserve your valuable data you can't afford to miss too many jumps in technology. Once in digital form it is far easier to upgrade to other newly emerging digital formats.

DAT - DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE:
DAT tape recordings were generally associated with professional recording of music due to the high sampling rates than other recording technology. It also produced a lossless encoding which was ideal for master recordings. While not widely used domestically due to its cost, DAT tapes were still a popular recording medium and will need to be transferred as the tape formulations will deteriorate with time.

VINYL RECORDS OR LP's:
In Australia the reproduction or digital copying of vinyl records is permitted by the person that owns the original material, however it is not legal for us to offer this service unless written permission is given by the original copyright holder.

AUDIO CASSETTE:
Audio cassettes fall into this same category as vinyl records regarding digital reproduction. By law we cannot offer a transfer service for commercially available copyrighted material unless you are the original owner of such material. Our transfer service is for audio material that you have personally recorded and own all intellectual rights.

MICROCASSETTE:
Small Micro Cassettes were commonly used in hand held voice recording devices and telephone answering machines. Tape duration would depend upon the initial recoding speed but generally the tapes had a capacity of 60 minutes. Also used for interview work out in the field we can transfer valuable recorded information to all of the common digital audio formats.