According to  Luminate, a music tracking service, Vinyl Record sales for 2022 were 43.46 million LP's, a 4.2% increase from 2021
and the 17th consecutive year the sale of vinyl increased over any other format...and the second consecutive year vinyl  outsold the CD format.

 Luminate began tracking sales of physical format music in 1991.

There are many audiophiles, vinyl and tape cassette collectors
and music lovers that enjoy records and have old LP's,
45 RPM records and numerous cassette tapes from decades ago
that sound terrible with vinyl pops, hisses, surface noise and turntable hum.

Our Audio Restorations offer a complete solution which enables us
to convert your precious and valuable vinyl records and cassette tapes
to digital format and still maintain the warm vinyl sound
of your original vinyl recordings. Modern turntables, preamp,
and software technology allow us to perform this task.

180 gm Virgin Vinyl is back, years after the introduction of Compact Disc and
the supposed demise of vinyl records. Many new releases are now issued in
wonderful 180 gm Virgin Vinyl. And what better way to preserve them
and your investment by transferring them to a CD for long-lasting play.

Experience has shown us that the WAV format,
over MP3, to convert your files, yields better results.

MP3 files have high compression, and may not produce your expectations.

PRESERVE YOUR VINYL AND CASSETTES.

Every time you play your LP's and 45's,
even the best stylus damages the grooves on your record.
Records that are old, and in some cases irreplaceable, need
care to maintain their integrity well into the future.

What better way to assure you'll always have them than to digitize them.

For those folks who still have tape decks and cassettes,
you can digitize them too, and prevent oxide buildup on the playback heads.
There's the chance that old brittle tapes may even break while you play them.

Why chance that, when you can put them on CD or DVD?

PRESERVE YOUR MEMORIES.

If you have special family activities, musical or vocal performances
either on cassette tape or vinyl, consider transferring them into a digital format.

You'll have them in a convenient format and you won't run the risk of
having a tape break or vinyl getting scratched.

We'll also custom-label your media for you the way you want it.

WE BABY-SIT THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

Perhaps you can get the job done cheaper elsewhere,
and perhaps it will be automated, but we prefer
a human ear to do the job of noise elimination.

We can also determine where many of these flaws are too,
by looking at the spectrogram and waveforms on our software
to precisely see where the noise is.

Old records will likely have cracks, pops, hisses, turntable hum...etc.
After a digital copy is made, we go to work with a variety of
software noise reduction programs to eliminate unwanted noise,
but to keep the warm analog sound of vinyl.

Want the noise and cracks on the finished product?
No problem, we can keep that on for you.
Even the needle drop, if you want that too!

All recordings are done flat, with no EQ at all.
Noise reduction and track separation are done
in the second step of making your finished product.

Finally, we master/enhance your entire project
to finish it off, so it sounds the best it can be.
This part of the conversion is highly labor intensive,
but well worth the investment!

CUSTOMIZE YOUR RECORDINGS.

How many times have you gone and bought one of your
favorite LP's on CD and found out it's been compromised?
Songs, truncated before their proper finish,
songs completely left off in the interest of editing,
or added tracks you don't either need or want?

You won't have to worry about those issues with us.
We will customize your precious vinyl recordings the way you want.

Wish to change the order of the songs? We can do that!

Wish to make a special collection of several
favorite LP tracks on one CD? We can do that!

That's the beauty of having us customize your project.
We'll take care of it for you!

HISTORICAL VALUE

Recordings on cassettes found in time-capsules from years ago
and other valuable public recordings can be converted and saved
for future generations in a format that will not degrade over time.

STORE ON YOUR EXTERNAL HDD.

If you have a large collection or a special collection, and really want
to protect it, we can save your collection on your external HDD.

External Hard Drives that have 3 or 4 TB or larger are inexpensive now,
and can provide an excellent device to save your precious tracks.

Pull your player up and load your songs in. Easy as that!

LABELING.

After we complete the conversion project, we'll label
all the tracks for you, complete with time and header.

COPIES.

Family and friends sometimes borrow LP's or cassettes.
Do they always come back in the same condition? Perhaps, or maybe not.

Why not have us make a copy of their favorites from your collection
for only a small additional fee. Everyone wins!

CLIENT PROJECTS.

Our Client projects have ranged from standard LP and Cassette
transfers to personal family keepsakes, and even a funeral!

The folks we've worked with have expressed
a high level of satisfaction from our work.
A number of them have even returned for additional projects.

We look forward to discussing your needs and then turning your vision
into a solid audio project to be enjoyed for many years.

Some vintage vinyl we haved worked with is over 70 years old!

EQUIPMENT

Turntable

With the advent of USB turntables, there is much excitement about
converting vinyl to digital format for those folks who wish to do it themselves.

However, feedback we are hearing continues to indicate less than satisfactory
results with such turntables, as they do not offer the quality or stability
of a modern turntable and preamp such as we use in our process.

Our equipment includes a new Audio-Technica AT-LP140 XP DJ
Professional Turntable for precise tracking, cueing,
and care of your vinyl records.This replaced our 40 year old Technics SLP 3200,
which no longer could maintain pitch stability.

We now use a Behringer UFO202 signal converter
for the digitizing process. It has proven very reliable and produces excellent output.

We then normalize the tracks to maintain the RIAA
curve originally used in the recording process.
Then your project is processed through a variety of
noise reduction software for best results.

Cassettes

For cassette conversions, we use a Vintage Sony TCWE 475 Cassette Deck,
which has yielded excellent operational results, and we have assisted
customers to restore and convert this media as well.

Enhancement of tapes is possible to some extent.
The Dual Cassette option also allows us to make an
additional cassette copy for you as well if desired.

Playback

Our playback system consists of original generation
KRK Rockit 5 Monitors for a beautiful and true sound.

Well respected in the recording industry,
we rely on their true-to-life reproduction to give
your conversions the best possible result.

We also use smaller Logitch Model 2333 speakers
with a sub-woofer to monitor smaller system playback.

Computer

Our computer system is state of the art. We use a new
HP All-In-One PC24dd 1000i System with 256 GB Digital HD,
and 8 GB SDRAM using the new Windows 11 Software.

We also now have two external 4 TB Western Digital HDD and a
6 TB external Western Digital Drive for backup and additional storage.

All projects are run through completion in our New Studio.

Digital Recorder
Our Studio also uses a new TASCAM DP24 SD recorder
for music and vocal tracking, mixing, and mastering.

We look forward to using our new technology to
continue to offer the best results for your collection.

CAUTIONARY NOTE:

If your records have deep skips or cracks in them,
there is little or nothing we can do to avoid that during the transfer.
We can reduce all but the severest of scratches on your vinyl.

The success of each restoration will depend on the actual condition
of your records and tapes at the time we do the work.

If your original media has been neglected and are in very poor condition,
we will do our very best to improve the sound and eliminate
as much noise as possible, but in those conditions,
we can't guarantee 100% success.

CURRENT PRICING FEES

(Minimum)

LP's...$60.00 Each

Cassettes...$50.00 Each

CD and Cassette Copies...$10.00 Each

Fee Includes:
Vinyl transfer and digital copy, track separation, preservation,
restoration, enhancing and label printing.

The same standards apply for tape cassette recordings also.
Actual fee will depend on the amount of prep work,
noise-reduction, enchancement and track separation involved.

We will be happy to discuss your custom project with you.

Call us at: 207-420-7683

E-mail us at:

service@marcopolomusic.biz