Why Convert to CD
A well looked after CD will last a lifetime. Vinyl will
deteriorate over time due to factors such as playing
your vinyl record. Other factors will increase the rate
of deterioration such as handling, dust and dirt, and
foreign matter such as liquids and food.
To date, only about 10% of all vinyl records ever released have been re-released onto CD. To some this is not a concern but if you are like us, you may have many vinyl albums that you cannot play any more, or do not want to play because of the worry of wear and tear. The is also the prospect that many of these albums will probably never be re-released to CD but you still want to listen to all the great music they contain.
This is where having your vinyl records professionally converted to audio CD is a great idea. Audio CD’s are far more durable than what vinyl could ever be and the technology available today, allows for vinyl transfers to CD to remain faithful and accurate to the original audio material. Technology will also allow us to remove some of the signs of age, wear and tear to your vinyl records.
Such technology gives music lovers a great way to keep listening to their music collections without the worry of further damage to their vinyl collection.
To date, only about 10% of all vinyl records ever released have been re-released onto CD. To some this is not a concern but if you are like us, you may have many vinyl albums that you cannot play any more, or do not want to play because of the worry of wear and tear. The is also the prospect that many of these albums will probably never be re-released to CD but you still want to listen to all the great music they contain.
This is where having your vinyl records professionally converted to audio CD is a great idea. Audio CD’s are far more durable than what vinyl could ever be and the technology available today, allows for vinyl transfers to CD to remain faithful and accurate to the original audio material. Technology will also allow us to remove some of the signs of age, wear and tear to your vinyl records.
Such technology gives music lovers a great way to keep listening to their music collections without the worry of further damage to their vinyl collection.
Basic Transfer
The Basic Transfer is a good alternative for those with
a budget in mind. The transfer is achieved using the
same high quality digital to audio conversion process
as the standard transfer.
What is not included is individual track separation. Fro example, an LP transfer will have only Two tracks listed on your CD. Track 1 will comprise of Side A of the LP. Track 2 will comprise of Side B of the LP.
Noise reduction is not included in the Basic Transfer. This is a good choice for those who have vinyl in good condition or stil like the vinyl 'sound' of pops and clicks in their music.
What is not included is individual track separation. Fro example, an LP transfer will have only Two tracks listed on your CD. Track 1 will comprise of Side A of the LP. Track 2 will comprise of Side B of the LP.
Noise reduction is not included in the Basic Transfer. This is a good choice for those who have vinyl in good condition or stil like the vinyl 'sound' of pops and clicks in their music.
Standard Transfer
The Standard transfer includes the following:
Vinyl cleaning
High Quality digital to audio conversion
Individual track separation
High quality Noise Reduction.
Vinyl cleaning
High Quality digital to audio conversion
Individual track separation
High quality Noise Reduction.
Can you eliminate all noise?
There are many thousands of pops and clicks on each
recording, and most of the processes are automated to
look for the sonic "signature" of a pop that allows us
isolation and removal without examining each one
individually.
The processes used produce dramatic results that are satisfactory for most listeners. Having said that, not all noise can be eliminated and trying to do so results in a degraded audio quality.
To remove noise means to remove some of the sonic content which may not be totally desirable. Trying to remove all noise will result in a lifeless recording, similar to turning down the treble and bass controls on a hi-fi. It is not a pleasing sound.
Cancellation Policy
A cancellation fee of 15% will be charged.
These cancellation fees are to recompense time spent on the conversion and/or the audio editing and restoration process if Vintage Vinyl has already received your vinyl or cassettes.
Cancellation fees are inclusive of the total cost (postage included).
Cancelled orders will be returned to the sender ASAP.
These cancellation fees are to recompense time spent on the conversion and/or the audio editing and restoration process if Vintage Vinyl has already received your vinyl or cassettes.
Cancellation fees are inclusive of the total cost (postage included).
Cancelled orders will be returned to the sender ASAP.
Care of Your Vinyl
Vintage Vinyl has great respect for a customer's
personal vinyl collection. Vintage Vinyl will handle
all material very carefully.
We will use the utmost care in handling your vinyl and aim to handle vinyl as little as possible to complete the audio transfer.
Vintage Vinyl will clean each record carefully and use only high quality turntable cartridges, with optimsed tracking and weight to get the best possible reproduction of your vinyl.
Vintage Vinyl cannot control how your records will be handled during postage, so it is always prudent to pack your vinyl as carefully as possible and we suggest double boxing to ensure best safety in transit through the post.
We will use the utmost care in handling your vinyl and aim to handle vinyl as little as possible to complete the audio transfer.
Vintage Vinyl will clean each record carefully and use only high quality turntable cartridges, with optimsed tracking and weight to get the best possible reproduction of your vinyl.
Vintage Vinyl cannot control how your records will be handled during postage, so it is always prudent to pack your vinyl as carefully as possible and we suggest double boxing to ensure best safety in transit through the post.
Cassette Tapes
Vintage vinyl also accepts cassettes. These include
C10, C30, C45, C60, C90 and C120 lengths. See
price list for details.
CD Brands
Vintage Vinyl uses TDK Gold CD-R. These CD’s are
reputed to have a life of over 100 years. Low error
rate and high reflectance means stable playback
characteristics from the widest possible range of drive
equipment.
CD Facts
A well treated CD will probably outlast you. The gold
formula CD’s which we use have a life expectancy of 100
years.
Like your vinyl, you need to take care of your CD’s for them to last a lifetime.
Like your vinyl, you need to take care of your CD’s for them to last a lifetime.
Full Album Cover Scanning, Inserts and Printing
Full colour album scanning is included with Album Cover
Scanning extra is selected. Font and back covers of the
album are scanned and printed in full colour on a CD
insert.
Compilations do not offer this feature.
Other features available on request, for example - special artwork, photographs etc. Enquire.
Compilations do not offer this feature.
Other features available on request, for example - special artwork, photographs etc. Enquire.
Cleaning Vinyl
Vintage Vinyl will carefully hand clean your vinyl
before placing it on our turntables.
Vintage Vinyl uses Disc Doctor products and recommends them as products for cleaning vinyl.
Some tips for cleaning and looking after your vinyl.
Don't use any record cleaner while the record is playing or any cleaners that use tap water or non-approved solvents. If you keep your records stored in their sleeves, avoid touching the playing surfaces, play with the lid down and keep all water and fluids away.
Dust is held in place by electrostatic attraction and dry wiping the dust off is actually effective as the friction from the dust cloth will cause the dust to jump to the charged surface - the vinyl.
Dust cleaning is done in conjunction with distilled water. Water disperses static charges. It will not leave any residue, it is safe and readily available. Water alone cannot dissolve grease, so approved solvents are added to the water.
Vintage Vinyl uses Disc Doctor products and recommends them as products for cleaning vinyl.
Some tips for cleaning and looking after your vinyl.
Don't use any record cleaner while the record is playing or any cleaners that use tap water or non-approved solvents. If you keep your records stored in their sleeves, avoid touching the playing surfaces, play with the lid down and keep all water and fluids away.
Dust is held in place by electrostatic attraction and dry wiping the dust off is actually effective as the friction from the dust cloth will cause the dust to jump to the charged surface - the vinyl.
Dust cleaning is done in conjunction with distilled water. Water disperses static charges. It will not leave any residue, it is safe and readily available. Water alone cannot dissolve grease, so approved solvents are added to the water.
Compilations
Yes. Compilations are only available for LP’s. Indicate
on your order form the list of songs and the order in
which you want them on the CD. Remember audio CD’s are
only capable of 74 minutes of music.
Compilations have a fee of $.5.95 per CD as well as
the vinyl transfer fee as the process is more
involved.
Compilations do not include scanned album covers.
They include a generic CD insert cover with track
listings for each CD.
Copyright
Generally, copying services can only copy sound
recordings for customers if:
The customer owns copyright in the material; or
copyright in the material has expired; or
permission to copy has been granted by the copyright owner.
When you place an order with Vintage Vinyl we will ask you to sign on your order form that you warrant (promise) that if you are not the copyright onwer, that you have obtained written consent from the sound recording copyright owner to copy the material. Further, the customer will indemnify Vintage Vinyl for any loss suffered due to a breach of this warranty.
The customer accepts full responsibility under the Copyright Act 1968. Use of copied material in contravention of the Copyright Act 1968 is at the customers own risk. Customers cannot hold Vintage Vinyl responsible from any legal actions arising under a breech of this Act.
In 2006, there were some major amendments made to the Copyright Act 1968. The Copyright Amendment Bill (2006).
One of the amendments s109A was that of ‘format shifting’ to keep pace with current technological trends.
The changes to the law allow copying of sound recordings for personal and domestic use in certain situations.
• You must own the original copy and it must not be a pirate copy.
• Any copy you make must be made solely for your own private and domestic use.
• Any copy you make must be made for use with a playing device you own (that playing device could be a CD player, portable device such as an iPod, car sound system, personal computer or home entertainment media centre).
• You cannot sell, swap, lend or give away any later copy to someone else. However you can lend it to a member of your family or household.
• If you sell, swap, lend or give away your original copy of a sound recording you must not keep any copy you have made.
• You are not allowed to upload a copy of a song to the Internet.
Basically, if you do infringe copyright in some way by distributing the transfered material by whatever means, it is your decision and thus you are responsible for your actions. You cannot hold Vintage Vinyl responsible for your actions.
Vintage Vinyl has a blanket license from AMCOS which covers the copyright of the owners of the music and/or lyrics by the composer or publisher. This license does not cover the actual sound recording copyright. The sound recording copyright is generally owned by the record company.
Accordingly, you should seek permission from the record companies or labels that own or control the copyright in the sound recordings which you wish to reproduce and obtain permission from them direct. Strictly speaking, if you do not obtain such a license, you will infringe copyright in the protected sound recordings by copying your records onto CDs. You may find the following websites of use:-
Sony BMG – www.sonybmg.com
EMI – www.musichead.com.au
Warner – www.warnermusic.com.au
Universal – www.universalmusic.com.au
Shock – www.shock.com.au
More information can be found at the following:
www.copyright.org.au
www.ag.gov.au
www.amcos.org
www.apra.com.au
The customer owns copyright in the material; or
copyright in the material has expired; or
permission to copy has been granted by the copyright owner.
When you place an order with Vintage Vinyl we will ask you to sign on your order form that you warrant (promise) that if you are not the copyright onwer, that you have obtained written consent from the sound recording copyright owner to copy the material. Further, the customer will indemnify Vintage Vinyl for any loss suffered due to a breach of this warranty.
The customer accepts full responsibility under the Copyright Act 1968. Use of copied material in contravention of the Copyright Act 1968 is at the customers own risk. Customers cannot hold Vintage Vinyl responsible from any legal actions arising under a breech of this Act.
In 2006, there were some major amendments made to the Copyright Act 1968. The Copyright Amendment Bill (2006).
One of the amendments s109A was that of ‘format shifting’ to keep pace with current technological trends.
The changes to the law allow copying of sound recordings for personal and domestic use in certain situations.
• You must own the original copy and it must not be a pirate copy.
• Any copy you make must be made solely for your own private and domestic use.
• Any copy you make must be made for use with a playing device you own (that playing device could be a CD player, portable device such as an iPod, car sound system, personal computer or home entertainment media centre).
• You cannot sell, swap, lend or give away any later copy to someone else. However you can lend it to a member of your family or household.
• If you sell, swap, lend or give away your original copy of a sound recording you must not keep any copy you have made.
• You are not allowed to upload a copy of a song to the Internet.
Basically, if you do infringe copyright in some way by distributing the transfered material by whatever means, it is your decision and thus you are responsible for your actions. You cannot hold Vintage Vinyl responsible for your actions.
Vintage Vinyl has a blanket license from AMCOS which covers the copyright of the owners of the music and/or lyrics by the composer or publisher. This license does not cover the actual sound recording copyright. The sound recording copyright is generally owned by the record company.
Accordingly, you should seek permission from the record companies or labels that own or control the copyright in the sound recordings which you wish to reproduce and obtain permission from them direct. Strictly speaking, if you do not obtain such a license, you will infringe copyright in the protected sound recordings by copying your records onto CDs. You may find the following websites of use:-
Sony BMG – www.sonybmg.com
EMI – www.musichead.com.au
Warner – www.warnermusic.com.au
Universal – www.universalmusic.com.au
Shock – www.shock.com.au
More information can be found at the following:
www.copyright.org.au
www.ag.gov.au
www.amcos.org
www.apra.com.au
Definitions
Artifacts: Residual effects left over after the
de-clicking process in the form of "ghost pops" or
"hollow pops."
Broadband noise: Tape hiss, 60 Hz hum, and leftover noise from the restoration process.
De-scratch: very long scratches on vinyl which result in super loud clicks.
De-click: loud clicks, which are a result, from light scratches on the vinyl.
De-crackle: small, barely measurable hair-line clicks, the sound you commonly hear when you place the needle on the record at the beginning.
De-noise: broadband noise/tape hiss.
De-hum: ground loop. Background humming sound found on old vinyl, usually from original engineering problems.
Broadband noise: Tape hiss, 60 Hz hum, and leftover noise from the restoration process.
De-scratch: very long scratches on vinyl which result in super loud clicks.
De-click: loud clicks, which are a result, from light scratches on the vinyl.
De-crackle: small, barely measurable hair-line clicks, the sound you commonly hear when you place the needle on the record at the beginning.
De-noise: broadband noise/tape hiss.
De-hum: ground loop. Background humming sound found on old vinyl, usually from original engineering problems.
Do this my home computer?
Yes, it is possible. However the sound cards in
computers are generally inferior, even so called
hi-tech gaming audio sound cards.
Further, you do need a knowledge of digital audio signal processing, the right software, hardware and know-how to get this done.
Further, you do need a knowledge of digital audio signal processing, the right software, hardware and know-how to get this done.
Do we keep backups?
No backups of your vinyl are kept. That would be a
breech of the Copyright Act 1968. In fact we delete
your audio files as soon as it is burned to CD. If you
want another copy of the CD, we will re-do the whole
conversion process.
High Gloss CD Tray Liner Inserts
Full Gloss A4 Premium Photo paper is available for
Album cover scanning as an option. This is an excellent
option for high quality, long lasting printed insert of
your album cover.
Each Full gloss insert is $3.95.
A4 photo paper is used. The edges/print lines are
marked on the paper print so you will have to cut the
insert yourself. This is a little effort on your part
for a high quality, full colour CD insert.
How to Order
Print off the PDF Order Form and send
with your shipment.
You can also submit the order form to Vintage Vinyl so we know your order is coming. Whatever you do, make sure your shipment is clearly identifiable with your name and a return address.
If you have any queries, be sure to contact us.
You can also submit the order form to Vintage Vinyl so we know your order is coming. Whatever you do, make sure your shipment is clearly identifiable with your name and a return address.
If you have any queries, be sure to contact us.
How to Pay
Payment methods accepted:
Paypal
Once your CD is ready, an email will be sent to the email address you provided on your order form. This email will provide a link to Paypal for secure payments. All major credit cards are accepted.
You do not need a Paypal account for this method of payment
Cheque
Cheques (personal and bank) are accepted but note that your material will not be returned to you until payments for the full amount have been cleared.
Money Order
Money Orders in Australian dollars are accepted.
Direct Bank Deposit
Details of bank account will be included in final invoice for this method of payment.
Paypal
Once your CD is ready, an email will be sent to the email address you provided on your order form. This email will provide a link to Paypal for secure payments. All major credit cards are accepted.
You do not need a Paypal account for this method of payment
Cheque
Cheques (personal and bank) are accepted but note that your material will not be returned to you until payments for the full amount have been cleared.
Money Order
Money Orders in Australian dollars are accepted.
Direct Bank Deposit
Details of bank account will be included in final invoice for this method of payment.
International Shipping
Vintage Vinyl will accept international orders and ship
Internationally.
The level of service and services available is the same.
Shipping will be quoted with your order.
For an estimation of shipping costs please refer to Australia Post International Shipping Costs.
For estimation purposes, a 10-Pack LP will weigh approximately 2.5 kg.
The level of service and services available is the same.
Shipping will be quoted with your order.
For an estimation of shipping costs please refer to Australia Post International Shipping Costs.
For estimation purposes, a 10-Pack LP will weigh approximately 2.5 kg.
MP3's
Vintage Vinyl can also convert your resultant audio CD
to MP3's if required. There is an extra charge of $5.00
for this service and the MP3's will also be placed on a
CD along with your audio CD.
Other Businesses offering a similar service
Vintage Vinyl are offering quality service at a good
price. True, there are many other companies offering a
similar service. I’ll be honest, if you want the bees
knees of audio restoration, find a service using CEDAR
audio products. Yes, they will do the best job but you
will probably pay a very high price for this service.
Vintage Vinyl provides audio transfer with quality professional products. Beware of companies offering a similar service with basic computer software and hardware. You will get what you pay for.
Plugging your turntable into the RCA connections of a standard computer audio card will not give a quality analogue to digital conversion. These cards can provide CD audio sampling at 44.1 kHz but are inherently noisy and are not optimised to convert an analogue signal to digital. They often offer a dazzling array of features and connections but lack components of quality. They are good for playing games and mp3s, but that is the extent of their ability.
Turntables are many and varied. Vintage Vinyl uses a quality audiophile grade turntables. There are many DJ style turntables out there espousing 4kg/cm drive and all sorts of buttons and knobs, but that’s because they use them with a different intention to what we do. Vintage Vinyl are not interested in DJ-ing or Hip-Hop scratching with your records. The equipment we use are quality instruments where the money is in the accuracy of the turntable’s speed, the tone arms and the phono cartridge.
Turntables also need a quality pre-amp before the signal gets to the sound card. Amplifiers are specific for types of input. Using the output from a dedicated phono pre-amp ensures a quality line level signal goes into the digital convertor and that this signal is RIAA equalised. Vintage Vinyl uses a quality phono pre-amp optimised for moving magnet and moving coil phono cartridges. Beware of companies amplifying the turntable through a budget mixer or similar low quality amp. They will not be suitable as a phono pre-amp.
The audio software used to edit and restore your music is top-class. It is not free-ware, share-ware or even moderately priced. This means that the research into the software technology has been done and that the resulting audio is accurate, detailed and of superior quality.
Finally, Vintage Vinyl is a one-person operation and I pride myself on attention to detail. Other businesses may have many people involved in the LP to CD conversion service and thus may not be able to offer the attention to detail or the one-to-one involvement in the process. I believe that this gives Vintage Vinyl an advantage over bulk conversion services. Please consider this when shopping around for a service like this. Bottom dollar services will probably give you what you pay for - a cheap service, and nothing more. Vintage Vinyl has reasonable prices and best quality practice and equipment in preparing to convert your Vinyl to CD.
Finally, it is a time-consuming process and a knowledge of audio gain staging, digital clipping and software that has the ability to dither to 16-bit for audio CD is necessary. You can try this yourself with your home computer but your results may not be entirely satisfactory.
Vintage Vinyl provides audio transfer with quality professional products. Beware of companies offering a similar service with basic computer software and hardware. You will get what you pay for.
Plugging your turntable into the RCA connections of a standard computer audio card will not give a quality analogue to digital conversion. These cards can provide CD audio sampling at 44.1 kHz but are inherently noisy and are not optimised to convert an analogue signal to digital. They often offer a dazzling array of features and connections but lack components of quality. They are good for playing games and mp3s, but that is the extent of their ability.
Turntables are many and varied. Vintage Vinyl uses a quality audiophile grade turntables. There are many DJ style turntables out there espousing 4kg/cm drive and all sorts of buttons and knobs, but that’s because they use them with a different intention to what we do. Vintage Vinyl are not interested in DJ-ing or Hip-Hop scratching with your records. The equipment we use are quality instruments where the money is in the accuracy of the turntable’s speed, the tone arms and the phono cartridge.
Turntables also need a quality pre-amp before the signal gets to the sound card. Amplifiers are specific for types of input. Using the output from a dedicated phono pre-amp ensures a quality line level signal goes into the digital convertor and that this signal is RIAA equalised. Vintage Vinyl uses a quality phono pre-amp optimised for moving magnet and moving coil phono cartridges. Beware of companies amplifying the turntable through a budget mixer or similar low quality amp. They will not be suitable as a phono pre-amp.
The audio software used to edit and restore your music is top-class. It is not free-ware, share-ware or even moderately priced. This means that the research into the software technology has been done and that the resulting audio is accurate, detailed and of superior quality.
Finally, Vintage Vinyl is a one-person operation and I pride myself on attention to detail. Other businesses may have many people involved in the LP to CD conversion service and thus may not be able to offer the attention to detail or the one-to-one involvement in the process. I believe that this gives Vintage Vinyl an advantage over bulk conversion services. Please consider this when shopping around for a service like this. Bottom dollar services will probably give you what you pay for - a cheap service, and nothing more. Vintage Vinyl has reasonable prices and best quality practice and equipment in preparing to convert your Vinyl to CD.
Finally, it is a time-consuming process and a knowledge of audio gain staging, digital clipping and software that has the ability to dither to 16-bit for audio CD is necessary. You can try this yourself with your home computer but your results may not be entirely satisfactory.
Drop-Off (Sydney Only)
Drop-Offs are available for Sydney only for LARGE
quantities of vinyl. Large means in the +100s.
Please arrange first. Contact.
Please arrange first. Contact.
Refund Policy
Vintage Vinyl wants you to be happy with our service.
If you believe that the service has not been
acceptable, please let us know. We are always looking
for ways to improve our customer service and level of
quality.
However, Vintage Vinyl will not accept any unauthorised returns. All sales are final. If you believe there is a fault with the audio CD please contact Vintage Vinyl. Vintage Vinyl will look into the problem and if we find that we have made a mistake, we will rectify it.
The fault will be determined by Vintage Vinyl and is final. This fault must be with the resultant Audio CD and not the Customer's original Vinyl.
The determination of what is a mistake is also final and will be decided by Vintage Vinyl. This is to protect Vintage Vinyl from people who try to use the service and abuse it to get free audio transfers. If Vintage Vinyl accepts a return and finds there is no fault with the item you will be charged for the time. This charge is $20.00
Please read carefully the information on analogue to digital conversion and what can and cannot be achieved. Please be reminded that audio restoration is not a cure-all for badly damaged vinyl, whether through mistreatment, age and general wear and tear. Vinyl is not indestructible and will deteriorate over time, so consider this before sending damaged vinyl as miracles are not available.
However, Vintage Vinyl will not accept any unauthorised returns. All sales are final. If you believe there is a fault with the audio CD please contact Vintage Vinyl. Vintage Vinyl will look into the problem and if we find that we have made a mistake, we will rectify it.
The fault will be determined by Vintage Vinyl and is final. This fault must be with the resultant Audio CD and not the Customer's original Vinyl.
The determination of what is a mistake is also final and will be decided by Vintage Vinyl. This is to protect Vintage Vinyl from people who try to use the service and abuse it to get free audio transfers. If Vintage Vinyl accepts a return and finds there is no fault with the item you will be charged for the time. This charge is $20.00
Please read carefully the information on analogue to digital conversion and what can and cannot be achieved. Please be reminded that audio restoration is not a cure-all for badly damaged vinyl, whether through mistreatment, age and general wear and tear. Vinyl is not indestructible and will deteriorate over time, so consider this before sending damaged vinyl as miracles are not available.
Sending Damaged Vinyl/Cassettes - What We Will Do
If you send recordings such as badly warped vinyl, deep
scratching, breaking tapes, Vintage Vinyl will let you
know that such recordings may need extra work to bring
them to an acceptable level before commencing any
transfer processes. This is to let you know that
the normal noise reduction process for the
vinyl/cassette may not be enough for such damaged
recordings.
This kind care for your recordings will require a
much greater amount of time and thus an extra fee is
charged. This fee is $66.00 per hour and Vintage
Vinyl will give you an estimate of the time it will
take to restore your recordings.
A handy guide/rule of thumb is 1 minute of audio will
require 2 hours of work at this level.
Vintage Vinyl will discuss this option with you and
customers need to decide if the audio track(s) are
necessary, and we will give the customer a quote for
the audio restoration required.
If you are not sure, Vintage Vinyl will offer a 10
second before and after sample of your track for you
to decide. Vintage Vinyl realises this cost can be a
significant amount to restore your audio, so we can
offer short CD appraisal sample for you to decide.
Shipping
Sending your
vinyl
The golden rule is the more protection the better.
Use plenty of bubble wrap and send in a cardboard box or a post pack with a sheet of thick cardboard on both sides of the record to help protect it. Cut the cardboard slightly larger than the vinyl and fix the cardboard around the vinyl with tape. if in doubt, double box it.
We cannot accept responsibility for items we received damaged in transit due to inadequate packing and/or labeling.
Include your return address on the outside of the package and your contact details.
Returning your original vinyl
Your original vinyl records or cassettes plus your newly created audio CD will be sent to you via Registered Post. They will be carefully and securely packaged. Vintage Vinyl will not be responsible for items damaged in transit.
Vinyl Mailer Kits are available. Vintage Vinyl will send an LP mailer, bubble wrap and tough satchel for you to send your vinyl. This is a convenient way for you to get all the required postage materials to send your vinyl. Postage cost of mailer kits is included in the cost of the kit.
In an effort to be 'green' Vintage Vinyl will re-use your purchased LP Mailer or boxing in which you have sent your vinyl to us in returning the completed project to you. With the LP Mailer enclosed in the Tough Satchel, it will stay clean and void of address labels and stickers, meaning it can be used again and again to send your vinyl to us! Think of it as a one-off purchase.
Package Deals
Package deals are a great way to make savings. The mailer kits included in the package deal also include the cost of shipping the kit to you. Customers are responsible for postage costs (inbound) of returning the mailer kits with your enclosed vinyl to Vintage Vinyl.
Shipping costs
Shipping for return of your vinyl will be via Australia Post - Registered Mail.
Orders require a signature for delivery. This ensures that your vinyl will not be left out in the elements, particularly the hot sun. If your parcel can’t be signed for, a card will be left and you will be able to pick up your order at the nearest post office.
International Shipping
International shipping is available. Please see the Australia Post document for Shipping rates.
Alternatively, see Australia Post Website
The golden rule is the more protection the better.
Use plenty of bubble wrap and send in a cardboard box or a post pack with a sheet of thick cardboard on both sides of the record to help protect it. Cut the cardboard slightly larger than the vinyl and fix the cardboard around the vinyl with tape. if in doubt, double box it.
We cannot accept responsibility for items we received damaged in transit due to inadequate packing and/or labeling.
Include your return address on the outside of the package and your contact details.
Returning your original vinyl
Your original vinyl records or cassettes plus your newly created audio CD will be sent to you via Registered Post. They will be carefully and securely packaged. Vintage Vinyl will not be responsible for items damaged in transit.
Vinyl Mailer Kits are available. Vintage Vinyl will send an LP mailer, bubble wrap and tough satchel for you to send your vinyl. This is a convenient way for you to get all the required postage materials to send your vinyl. Postage cost of mailer kits is included in the cost of the kit.
In an effort to be 'green' Vintage Vinyl will re-use your purchased LP Mailer or boxing in which you have sent your vinyl to us in returning the completed project to you. With the LP Mailer enclosed in the Tough Satchel, it will stay clean and void of address labels and stickers, meaning it can be used again and again to send your vinyl to us! Think of it as a one-off purchase.
Package Deals
Package deals are a great way to make savings. The mailer kits included in the package deal also include the cost of shipping the kit to you. Customers are responsible for postage costs (inbound) of returning the mailer kits with your enclosed vinyl to Vintage Vinyl.
Shipping costs
Shipping for return of your vinyl will be via Australia Post - Registered Mail.
Orders require a signature for delivery. This ensures that your vinyl will not be left out in the elements, particularly the hot sun. If your parcel can’t be signed for, a card will be left and you will be able to pick up your order at the nearest post office.
International Shipping
International shipping is available. Please see the Australia Post document for Shipping rates.
Alternatively, see Australia Post Website
Taxes
All our prices are inclusive of GST.
Turnaround Time
Vintage Vinyl usually has a turnaround of 5-7 days for
small batches of work. Larger projects will take longer
to complete and we will give you an indication of how
long this will be before we start.
The Conversion Process
What can and cannot be achieved
Central to any analogue to digital conversion is the quality of the source material. Audio technology today is very powerful and can achieve excellent quality transfers to CD. The better the condition of the vinyl, the better chance that your transfer to CD will be exceptional.
Clicks, pops and scratches can be minimised, however the quality of the source material will determine the overall result.
With the dedicated audio editing software we use, we can minimise scratches, crackle and clicks when transferring vinyl to CD. This cutting edge software can also reduce background noise, pops and hissing, equipment motor noise, rumble and low level noise, hiss and electrical hum. This process is a semi-automated process. These features are included in our Noise Reduction transfer package.
Some vinyl will suffer from wow and flutter. This is due to the hole in the middle of the record not being exactly centred when it was pressed at the factory. The solution is to re-insert the hole in its correct place. Vintage Vinyl does not offer this service. Further, wow and flutter cannot be removed through software manipulation. Similarly, warped vinyl cannot be improved.
A custom service is available whereby vinyl with very loud pops and clicks due to deep scratching can be repaired. This will be a manual process and you will need to enquire for a quote after the disc has been examined. This type of repair work means editing the audio waveform to remove the noise where possible, but only up until a point where the audio remains unaffected with artifacts. This can take many extra hours of work and is expensive. Enquire about this service.
Vinyl which suffers from bad skipping may be repairable by increasing the weight of the stylus to get it to track the groove better, and hopefully eliminate the skipping. This is not something we do as standard practice and preservation of expensive equipment and your vinyl is paramount. Please contact us if you have a record like this as it may not be worthwhile to proceed with digitisation. If we find one of your records that does exhibit this we will contact you about it, and see if we can find a solution. Some skips may go unnoticed in the process, so if any of the above is not acceptable to you then it is best not to submit that disc or have the offending track transfered to audio.
Cleaning
Your vinyl is given a clean before placing it on the turntable.
Digital Conversion
The records are then converted to digital. We use quality audio equipment which is dedicated to doing just the one thing - converting audio.
The conversion is done at 24 bits and the resulting files are then dithered to 16 bit for audio CD. This is the same process employed for recording and mastering studios.
The Audio Editing process.
Part of the vinyl to CD conversion will be to create audio files for each track and to apply noise reduction techniques if requested.
The digital audio editing is done in Logic Pro Audio editor and will employ the use of iZotope RX Advanced for noise reduction. Finally, the CD is prepared for burning in WaveBurner. This is where tracks are names and track edit points are inserted to your CD for navigation and cueing.
Central to any analogue to digital conversion is the quality of the source material. Audio technology today is very powerful and can achieve excellent quality transfers to CD. The better the condition of the vinyl, the better chance that your transfer to CD will be exceptional.
Clicks, pops and scratches can be minimised, however the quality of the source material will determine the overall result.
With the dedicated audio editing software we use, we can minimise scratches, crackle and clicks when transferring vinyl to CD. This cutting edge software can also reduce background noise, pops and hissing, equipment motor noise, rumble and low level noise, hiss and electrical hum. This process is a semi-automated process. These features are included in our Noise Reduction transfer package.
Some vinyl will suffer from wow and flutter. This is due to the hole in the middle of the record not being exactly centred when it was pressed at the factory. The solution is to re-insert the hole in its correct place. Vintage Vinyl does not offer this service. Further, wow and flutter cannot be removed through software manipulation. Similarly, warped vinyl cannot be improved.
A custom service is available whereby vinyl with very loud pops and clicks due to deep scratching can be repaired. This will be a manual process and you will need to enquire for a quote after the disc has been examined. This type of repair work means editing the audio waveform to remove the noise where possible, but only up until a point where the audio remains unaffected with artifacts. This can take many extra hours of work and is expensive. Enquire about this service.
Vinyl which suffers from bad skipping may be repairable by increasing the weight of the stylus to get it to track the groove better, and hopefully eliminate the skipping. This is not something we do as standard practice and preservation of expensive equipment and your vinyl is paramount. Please contact us if you have a record like this as it may not be worthwhile to proceed with digitisation. If we find one of your records that does exhibit this we will contact you about it, and see if we can find a solution. Some skips may go unnoticed in the process, so if any of the above is not acceptable to you then it is best not to submit that disc or have the offending track transfered to audio.
Cleaning
Your vinyl is given a clean before placing it on the turntable.
Digital Conversion
The records are then converted to digital. We use quality audio equipment which is dedicated to doing just the one thing - converting audio.
The conversion is done at 24 bits and the resulting files are then dithered to 16 bit for audio CD. This is the same process employed for recording and mastering studios.
The Audio Editing process.
Part of the vinyl to CD conversion will be to create audio files for each track and to apply noise reduction techniques if requested.
The digital audio editing is done in Logic Pro Audio editor and will employ the use of iZotope RX Advanced for noise reduction. Finally, the CD is prepared for burning in WaveBurner. This is where tracks are names and track edit points are inserted to your CD for navigation and cueing.
Types of Vinyl Damage
Unplayable Discs: Please do not send these types
of vinyl. If the original is unplayable, then that is
the end of the line.
Off-Centre Hole: Some LP's will have an off-centre hole. This means that the vinyl will play with a change in pitch at each rotation. Vintage Vinyl cannot re-centre the hole (Vintage Vinyl does not want to re-centre the hole - it is fraught with danger). You may just have to live with the change in pitch - it will most like be only slight. Pitch fluctuations cannot be fixed in the audio file.
Skips: Vintage Vinyl can adjust the stylus weight to get the vinyl to track the best it can, however it may skip and the skip may go unnoticed. If the vinyl skips in place, the stylus will be moved across slightly until it begins to track. There will be a loss of some of the recorded material at this point as it was not able to be digitised. Vintage Vinyl will not guarantee that it will detect all skips. If this condition is unacceptable to you, then don't send that particular vinyl record.
Deep Scratches: Most scratches can be eliminated in the noise reduction software, however very deep scratching will result in audible noise. To remove this completely will also necessitate removing some of the original audio and this is not desirable. In most cases it is better to live with some of the noise. There is always a trade-off when trying to eliminate all noise.
Off-Centre Hole: Some LP's will have an off-centre hole. This means that the vinyl will play with a change in pitch at each rotation. Vintage Vinyl cannot re-centre the hole (Vintage Vinyl does not want to re-centre the hole - it is fraught with danger). You may just have to live with the change in pitch - it will most like be only slight. Pitch fluctuations cannot be fixed in the audio file.
Skips: Vintage Vinyl can adjust the stylus weight to get the vinyl to track the best it can, however it may skip and the skip may go unnoticed. If the vinyl skips in place, the stylus will be moved across slightly until it begins to track. There will be a loss of some of the recorded material at this point as it was not able to be digitised. Vintage Vinyl will not guarantee that it will detect all skips. If this condition is unacceptable to you, then don't send that particular vinyl record.
Deep Scratches: Most scratches can be eliminated in the noise reduction software, however very deep scratching will result in audible noise. To remove this completely will also necessitate removing some of the original audio and this is not desirable. In most cases it is better to live with some of the noise. There is always a trade-off when trying to eliminate all noise.
Vinyl Sizes
We accept 7” and 12” vinyl. This is 33 rpm, 45 rpm and
78 rpm vinyl.
What is Noise Reduction?
Noise Reduction aims to recreate a recording back to
the quality of when it was first made. Noise Reduction
attempts to clean up a recording by removing all the
signs of age and use such a crackles, pops, clicks and
hiss. It is a fine balance between an audio recording
restored to almost near new quality, and one that has
been over done with restoration to the point where the
digital processes employed create unwanted artifacts.
These artifacts often appear in the audio as thumps and
metallic sounds.
Not all noise can be eliminated without removing some of the original audio, which is not desirable, but the overall result is an improvement in the audio and the preservation of your recordings.
The unwanted noises found on vinyl and tape recordings are usually divided into several types:
Large clicks or pops
These are defined as an impulse comparatively long in duration — usually more than 2ms — and very high in amplitude compared to the surrounding programme audio. Physical damage to the media such as vinyl scratching usually corrupts the audio and so is more difficult to repair.
Clicks and Crackles
These are much smaller than large clicks or pops. Unlike large clicks or pops, these do not obliterate the underlying audio. Small clicks or crackles usually come from surface noise on a vinyl recording or low-level digital clicks.
Broadband Noise
The term broadband noise refers to tape noise, hiss and so on, which usually 'infects' a recording if it was recorded at too low a level. Broadband noise reduction is the hardest to implement, because the unwanted signal is usually much lower in amplitude than the desired sound and so incorrect use or overuse of this tool can result in unpleasant audio artifacts like high pitched metallic sounds.
Not all noise can be eliminated without removing some of the original audio, which is not desirable, but the overall result is an improvement in the audio and the preservation of your recordings.
The unwanted noises found on vinyl and tape recordings are usually divided into several types:
Large clicks or pops
These are defined as an impulse comparatively long in duration — usually more than 2ms — and very high in amplitude compared to the surrounding programme audio. Physical damage to the media such as vinyl scratching usually corrupts the audio and so is more difficult to repair.
Clicks and Crackles
These are much smaller than large clicks or pops. Unlike large clicks or pops, these do not obliterate the underlying audio. Small clicks or crackles usually come from surface noise on a vinyl recording or low-level digital clicks.
Broadband Noise
The term broadband noise refers to tape noise, hiss and so on, which usually 'infects' a recording if it was recorded at too low a level. Broadband noise reduction is the hardest to implement, because the unwanted signal is usually much lower in amplitude than the desired sound and so incorrect use or overuse of this tool can result in unpleasant audio artifacts like high pitched metallic sounds.
What is a 12" 33/45rpm EP?
AN EP is an Extended Play vinyl. It can be either 33 or
45 rpm and will have anywhere from 3-6 tracks and will
usually have a total track time of between 18-30
minutes.
Working out a Quote
First thing will be to decide what vinyl records you
really want to transfer. The next step is to work out
exactly what vinyl you have. Are they LP albums, 7"
singles, 12" singles, EP's or 78's. The following is a
guide:
7" 45rpm - single.
12" 331/3 rpm - with 4-6 tracks up 30 mins - EP.
12" 33 1/3rpm - with more than 6 tracks up to 1 hour - LP.
12" 45rpm - with 2/3 tracks up to 15-18 minutes - 12" single.
12" 45rpm - with 4/6 track over 18 minutes - 12" EP.
If your are not sure, Vintage Vinyl will do the following:
LP's and 7" singles are easy to identify and will be charged accordingly.
12" @ 33rpm: up to 6 tracks or up to 30 mins of audio will be designated as an EP.
12" @ 45rpm: up to 4 tracks or up to 15 minutes of audio will be designated as a 12" single.
12" @45rpm: up to 6 or more tracks or over 18 minutes of audio will be designated a 12" EP.
7" 45rpm - single.
12" 331/3 rpm - with 4-6 tracks up 30 mins - EP.
12" 33 1/3rpm - with more than 6 tracks up to 1 hour - LP.
12" 45rpm - with 2/3 tracks up to 15-18 minutes - 12" single.
12" 45rpm - with 4/6 track over 18 minutes - 12" EP.
If your are not sure, Vintage Vinyl will do the following:
LP's and 7" singles are easy to identify and will be charged accordingly.
12" @ 33rpm: up to 6 tracks or up to 30 mins of audio will be designated as an EP.
12" @ 45rpm: up to 4 tracks or up to 15 minutes of audio will be designated as a 12" single.
12" @45rpm: up to 6 or more tracks or over 18 minutes of audio will be designated a 12" EP.