PROFESSIONAL AUDIO RESTORATION

          $150.00 PER LP (FLAT RATE FOR PERSONAL CONSUMER USE) *

          $50.00 PER 7" 45rpm DISC (FLAT RATE FOR PERSONAL CONSUMER USE) *

          $75 PER 10" 78rpm DISC (FLAT RATE FOR PERSONAL CONSUMER USE)  *

*  RESTORATION PROCESS INCLUDES DE-CLICKING, DE-CRACKLING, DE-BUZZING, DE-ESSING, BROADBAND NOISE REDUCTION AND BASIC RE-MASTERING OF BOTH SIDES OF DISC.

 

$75.00 PER HOUR FOR AUDIO RESTORATION AND RE-MASTERING OF SOURCE MATERIAL FOR COMMERCIAL RELEASE OR AUDIOPHILE ARCHIVING. 

THESE PROCESSES  INCLUDE DE-CLICKING, DE-CRACKLING, DE-BUZZING, DE-ESSING AND BROADBAND NOISE REDUCTION OF SOURCE MATERIAL. THIS IS MY PROFESSIONAL RATE FOR MATERIAL WHERE MORE EXTENSIVE RESTORATION IS NEEDED AND/OR THAT WILL BE COMMERCIALLY RELEASED.          

• DISCOUNT FOR 5 OR MORE DISCS. CALL FOR PRICES.

• DISC IS FIRST SCRUBBED WITH ONE OF TWO SPECIAL FLUID WASHES SPECIALLY FORMULATED FOR EITHER VINYL LP's OR LACQUER 78's AS PART OF THE NITTY GRITTY CLEANING SYSTEM.

• DISC IS THEN COMPLETELY CLEANED ON THE NITTY GRITTY RECORD MASTER 1 VACUUMING MACHINE YIELDING RESULTS UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER RECORD CLEANING SYSTEM!

• RECORD IS THEN PLAYED ON A Technics SL-1200MKII EXPERTLY MODIFIED BY KAB ELECTRO-ACOUSTICS.

• A STANTON KS500-27 CARTRIDGE WITH CUSTOM PRECISION MILLED STYLI ARE USED TO PLAY ALL 78 rpm DISCS.

• CUSTOM SIZE STYLI ARE USED TO PLAY THE RECORD EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW THE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED CENTER PORTION OF THE GROOVE.

STANTON CUSTOM STYLI USED:

• ORTOFON AND STANTON CARTRIDGES AND STYLI ARE USED FOR LP AND 45 rpm DISCS.

• ANALOGUE SIGNAL FROM THE CREEK PHONO PRE-AMP IS TRANSFERRED TO THE DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION VIA THE HIGH QUALITY A/D CONVERTERS IN THE t.c. electronic Finalizer PLUS WHERE INITIAL PROCESSING SUCH AS DIGITAL EQ AND MULTI-BAND COMPRESSION/LIMITING TAKES PLACE.

• HAND RE-DRAWING OF THE DAMAGED WAVEFORM IS PERFORMED THEN SOPHISTICATED NOISE REDUCTION AND CLICK REMOVAL SOFTWARE ARE APPLIED RESULTING IN A RESTORED AND SUPERIOR SOUNDING RECORDING.

• RESTORATION SOFTWARE USED: WAVES X-CLICK, X-CRACKLE, X-HUM & X-NOISE
                                                        SOUND FORGE NOISE REDUCTION 2.0
                                  

• A CD MASTER OF THE RESTORED AUDIO IS BURNED.

• CD SIZE B&W REPRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL LP OR 78 JACKET PLUS TRAY CARD AND CD LABEL ARE INCLUDED.