Convert old reels to MP3?

[bmmeester]

Hi all, my brother has some old reels with our parents recorded on them. Unfortunately, his old recording deck seems beyond repair at the moment (most rubber bands are gone). Does anybody know of an address, where he can send the reel to get it converted into MP3 or equivalent. Either in Holland, UK or Ireland, thanks.

 

[leaningpine]

There are people that do transfers but I wouldn't transfer them to MP3. Wav files would be the best as it keeps audio fidelity 100%, MP3 destroys bits and pieces of the audio to make the file smaller and the damage can't be reversed. If it's something that can't be replaced go with WAV.

 

[RRuskin]

Hi all, my brother has some old reels with our parents recorded on them. Unfortunately, his old recording deck seems beyond repair at the moment (most rubber bands are gone). Does anybody know of an address, where he can send the reel to get it converted into MP3 or equivalent. Either in Holland, UK or Ireland, thanks.

I do transfers like this all the time but I'm in the US. I'd convert to WAV or Audio CD reather than directly to MP3. You can always convert the uncompressed program to MP3 later. There are plenty of programs for that.

 

[Labonza]

This guy's in the UK. I've never used his service but he seems knowledgable and has a lot of gear.

http://www.thegreatbear.net/

 

[austinm08]

I'd like to convert hieroglyphics written on papyrus to a Microsoft Word 2010 document in English. Can anyone do this conversion for me?

(not bashing you, bmmeester, just thought I'd throw in a stupid joke)

 

[John Willett]

There are people that do transfers but I wouldn't transfer them to MP3. Wav files would be the best as it keeps audio fidelity 100%, MP3 destroys bits and pieces of the audio to make the file smaller and the damage can't be reversed. If it's something that can't be replaced go with WAV.

I agree - do *not* convert the reels to MP3.

Convert to wav files, preferably 24-bit.

If you need MP3, then copy the WAVs to MP3 - but at least you will still have the high quality WAV files for the future instead of only horrible low quality MP3.

 

[John Willett]

I'd like to convert hieroglyphics written on papyrus to a Microsoft Word 2010 document in English. Can anyone do this conversion for me?

(not bashing you, bmmeester, just thought I'd throw in a stupid joke)

No problem at all - but you will need a university and it will be expensive.

 

[grimtraveller]

I'd like to convert hieroglyphics written on papyrus to a Microsoft Word 2010 document in English. Can anyone do this conversion for me?

No problem at all - but you will need a university and it will be expensive.

Nah, I can do it real cheap. My sister's writing is as close to hieroglyphics as is modernly possible and I regularly transcribe that ! She should've been a doctor with that scrawl....

 

[bmmeester]

Thanks for the reply and advice