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Projects
Case studies from the lab: archival tape recovery, restoration of historical recordings, and vintage equipment brought back to working order.
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Recovering Tapes from São Tomé's National Radio Archive
A temporary lab built at the radio station to digitize decades of São Tomé's recorded music, including tapes of África Negra.
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Restoring a 1965 IBM Magnabelt Recording with CuriousMarc
Restoring a 1965 home recording on a 4-inch IBM Magnabelt, recovered by CuriousMarc, using the mains hum as a pilot tone to fix the speed.
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Bringing an Iconic DAW Back to Life - the WaveFrame 401
A WaveFrame 401 workstation repaired with help from one of its designers, John Melanson, and the story behind the machine.
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Restoring Mário Viegas' Tapes for His Biography Book
Private quarter-inch tapes of the actor and poetry reciter Mário Viegas, restored for Tradisom's book and 4-CD release.
Lab notes
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Restoring 78 rpm Shellac Recordings of Arthur Paredes
Assessing, cleaning and transferring 78 rpm shellac recordings for Tradisom, recovering their original pitch, and keeping an untouched archive copy next to the restored one.
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Audiowax Journal: Where Our Records' Sound Begins
Porto pressing plant Audiowax wrote about our work together: mastering, preparation for vinyl and test pressing evaluation.
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