Alexbt
New member
Hi all,
My band will be tracking our next album soon, but we may want to rework some songs from our 2002 album. It was recorded analog in a studio that has now gone Pro Tools, and whose rates have now increased quite a bit.
I'm wondering how feasible it would be to get our reel digitzed. It has not been stored in a vault, so I am worried about its condition, hence transferring to digital would save any further decay.
I don't even know where to begin, nor do I know what kind of reel it is. I want to say that it's 2".
I've just done a quick Google. It says that 2" tape is up to 24 tracks, which sounds possible. I did take a look at some photos from the session and I can see his desk, which had 32 channels (not including the monitoring/master faders on the right side).
The last 7 or 8 channels on the 32 side appear to be for outboard effects, which would prove my 24 track theory correct.
In any case, does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for getting this stuff transferred to digital? I may not be opposed to sending it out somewhere, though I'd have to speak with the other band members. I don't know offhand of anywhere local (Rhode Island/Southeast Mass).
Does anyone also know how much it might cost? I simply want to transfer it, multitrack--no mixing involved. I don't believe all of the tracks were used, and in any case, there is about 30 minutes of material on the reel.
What a lengthy post!
Thanks,
Alex
My band will be tracking our next album soon, but we may want to rework some songs from our 2002 album. It was recorded analog in a studio that has now gone Pro Tools, and whose rates have now increased quite a bit.
I'm wondering how feasible it would be to get our reel digitzed. It has not been stored in a vault, so I am worried about its condition, hence transferring to digital would save any further decay.
I don't even know where to begin, nor do I know what kind of reel it is. I want to say that it's 2".
I've just done a quick Google. It says that 2" tape is up to 24 tracks, which sounds possible. I did take a look at some photos from the session and I can see his desk, which had 32 channels (not including the monitoring/master faders on the right side).
The last 7 or 8 channels on the 32 side appear to be for outboard effects, which would prove my 24 track theory correct.
In any case, does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for getting this stuff transferred to digital? I may not be opposed to sending it out somewhere, though I'd have to speak with the other band members. I don't know offhand of anywhere local (Rhode Island/Southeast Mass).
Does anyone also know how much it might cost? I simply want to transfer it, multitrack--no mixing involved. I don't believe all of the tracks were used, and in any case, there is about 30 minutes of material on the reel.
What a lengthy post!
Thanks,
Alex
