Audio digitisation
Convert to high quality digital audio,
using broadcast quality equipment

Like any tape based media, audio tape has a very limited lifespan. Surprisingly, so do DAT tapes and even CDs (they begin to deteriorate after only a few short years).

The only viable preservation medium for audio is hard-drive, assuming, of course, it's appropriately backed up, secured and climate controlled. 

At DAMsmart, we can convert all of your audio to the highest quality digital formats, with no loss of quality. In fact, in most cases, we can improve the quality of your audio in the conversion process.

• We can convert from virtually any media - We can digitise audio from virtually any audio media, including analogue 1/4 inch reels, cassette tapes, CD and DAT.
• High quality digital formats - We can convert to many audio formats, from preservation BWF files through to Mp3, for quick and easy access.
• Rejuvenation - Our analogue preservation specialists can actually improve the quality of your audio in the digitisation process.
• Mass audio migration - No matter how big your audio catalogue, we can convert it quickly and efficiently, and to the highest quality standards, using robotic automation.
• Globally accepted formats - No need to worry about format obsolescence. Your audio can be converted into any of a wide range of globally accepted digital formats.
• Industry best practices - We follow best practise standards in audio digitisation.
• Broadcast quality equipment - For playback of your master audio, we use broadcast quality decks that have professionally balanced analogue XLR outputs. All playback heads have their azimuth aligned for optimum fidelity of the recorded signal. And we encode your digital audio using high quality A/D converters.
• Great care - All your master media items are handled with great care and due diligence, and are kept on secure and clean temporary storage.
• Optional Hosted Digital Asset Management (DAM) - We can host your digitised content on our enterprise-grade, secure servers, so you can easily access and manage it, without having to worry about hardware, climate control and disaster recovery. You simply log in to the hosted service from your web browser, and search, preview, retrieve, log, shortlist content and edit. Learn more…