Welcome....
As a visually impaired person I love sound and all its qualities, our team here
will take your Vinyl Records, 78s, Cassettes and Open Reel Tapes also 8
Track Cartridges and transfer them to CD for you.
You only need to do this project once, so don't lose the music from the past, if it means something special to you.
* Save endless space
* Save wear & tear
* Preserve your originals
* Capture your past audio
memories
* Playing your music is easier
* A Unique Gift idea
We can also offer a Record Cleaning Service.
Lets give you a quote by email today...!!
Contact Information
gary@mkvinyl2cd.co.uk
Cheques Payable to:
Gary Ankin
Postal Address:
38 Shenley Road
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK3 6HF
Tel No:
01908 367984
The
Service...
Remember if and when you choose to use this service, you'll only need do it once
- you then have your music or audio for many years to come, we don't charge £25
an hour studio time, but we do charge a fair price for a good job done, and
which saves you hours of time.....
The
Material
There are no shortcuts everything analogue being transferred to digital has
to be first recorded in real-time, edited in most cases to ensure the sound file
is of a good standard, Generally you will get approx 80 minutes of audio
onto a CD, more if you have the CD in an MP3 format, you will need a CD player
that will manage your MP3 disc, a PC or DVD player will usually do this but not
always your Hi Fi CD player.
Record Cleaning Service
Why clean a record? Even brand new vinyl records benefit from a deep clean
before use. The main reason being that release agents are used when
pressing vinyl records in production to allow the vinyl to literally 'unstick'
from the metal press stamps, often a residue of a wax like substance is found in
the grooves of the new record, deep cleaning will remove this.
Records that have been played build up dust and debris from the air held by
static over the surface, incorrect storage and handling also contribute to a
build up of dirt deep in the grooves of a disc so deep cleaning will most
certainly assist in producing a better recording from your records and will
further extend the life of your stylus. We offer this cleaning service to
you. See our Price List for details.
Vinyl Records & 78 rpm
These
are first professionally cleaned on the Moth RCM Pro Record Cleaning Machine to
give us the best possible recording we can of your records, this will not help
rectify scratched, worn or surface damaged discs. With records that have
multiple tracks you can either have a Basic Conversion which records the disc as
simply Side One and Side Two, just two files or tracks you will not be able to
skip from one piece of music to another. A Full Conversion will mean you
will be able to skip from one piece of music to another just like a commercially
purchased CD.
Cassette Tapes
The same applies to Cassette Tapes either a Basic or Full Conversion is
available. If we are converting your own compilations and you want a track
listing with your CD you must supply one to us preferably by email. Keep
in mind the length of your cassettes as only 80 minutes will fit onto a CD in
CDA format. Ideally there should be at least a 3 or 4 second gap between tracks.
Open
Reel Tapes
These are charged at an hourly rate because of the more time needed in
converting them, often they need re-spooling and winding, even untangling and
the duration of a tapes contents is not exact in some cases so requires closer
monitoring through recording.
Note: Recording Tape
Recording Tape used on cassettes, open reel and cartridge can become bery
brittle with age, usage, storage; it is worth fast forwarding and rewinding your
cassettes prior to sending to re tension and check playability (it is also worth
making a copy if possible) as we cannot be held responsible for tape breakage
during transfer due to the fact that the previous conditions of the materials
were not under our control..
If in doubt give us a shout...!!
Price Guide
As a Guide for converting the following media we charge (not including P&P):
(Every record is cleaned prior to transfer)
12 inch LPs
£14.00
12 inch EPs
£ 8.00
7 inch Singles
£ 5.00
78 rpm Discs
£ 8.00
Cassettes up to 60 mins
£12.00
Cassettes 60 to 75 minutes £15.00
Cassettes 75 to 90 minutes £18.00
Open Reels per hour
£12.00
Mini Disks per hour
£12.00
Record Cleaning Only
12 inch Records Cleaned £ 2.00
each
7 inch Records
Cleaned £ 1.00 each
All the above prices do not include return post and packing, contact us for
quotation.
Return Postage is
charged according to the postal provider, we return material either by First
Class Recorded or First Class Standerd Parcel Rate If your material is
especially valuable to you then Special Delivery is advised.
We cannot accept any responsibility for any items that arrive damaged or are
lost in transit due to poor labeling. We will contact you immediately to
let you know if goods arrive damaged. We cannot be held responsible for
items that are subsequently lost in the post by the carrier, if this does occur
we can only seek basic compensation from the carrier, be mindful that a second
hand value for an LP is very minimal e.g. £3.00 and true collectable or
sentimental value cannot really have a price put on it for insurance terms,
special delivery is probably the best way to send and return if you want to be
sure of safe guaranteed delivery.
Royal Mail
Website
Packaging Tips
To save on postage it is not worth using less packaging, LPs, 78s and
Singles are quite robust providing they are not bent, 78s are a little brittle,
so it is best to cut squares of thick cardboard slightly larger than the LP
sleeve and sandwich the LPs etc between the layers of card.
Adhesive tape this bundle together and then put bubble wrap or (you could
use a few layers of newspaper) around this and then put into a final thick paper
outer layer.
If using a box to pack materials in then you can use screwed up newspaper or
foam chips to pad the box out, all in all the records are more likely to get
damaged if they get bent or buckled hence the need to keep them rigid.
Before sealing and posting your materials check you have enclosed your name,
address, telephone number, email address in case we need to contact you, also
put your address on the back of the package just in case the postal carrier have
to return your package due to non-delivery.
What
we can do under copyright law is:
Where you have existing recorded material (your original), and where there is no
identical re-released recording in a CD format we can digitally convert this
recording to a CD format for you as the holder of this material (your original).
We can supply one CD format conversion of this material (your original); we can
subsequently provide further copies of the CD format for you.
It is on the understanding that this CD is for your own private listening
pleasure and will not be sold, leased or hired or possibly used in any public
broadcast. You should retain the
source (your original) of the CD you receive as proof of ownership.
If your original is destroyed or lost then accordingly the CD format
should be destroyed.
If you have produced your own material and are therefore the owner of the
copyright then we can reproduce multiple copies from that source with your
permission.
Mkvinyl2cd hold no copyright over your material sent to us and cannot be
responsible for any infringements of this law governing the material you provide
to us.
By using this site and services of MKVinyl2cd the user
assumes all responsibility for all copyright issues of copyright law and ‘fair
use’.
Final Note;
Being visually impaired I thank my brother Jeff, for assistance in my website
contact http://www.pennylanevideo.co.uk/
or by phone call Jeff or Hayley for all video, cine conversion also filming,
digital photography and editing work on 01908 263634.
