Acetate Shellac and Vinyl Digitisation Oxford UK
AUDIO • RECORDS • HERITAGE

Acetate, Shellac & Vinyl Digitisation

Professional digitisation of historic records, vinyl, shellac, acetate and audio tape collections for archive, heritage, corporate and family collections.

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PROFESSIONAL AUDIO DIGITISATION

Preserving Recorded Sound for Future Generations

From a single 78rpm shellac record to a substantial heritage or corporate archive, our specialist team provides professional audio digitisation for collections of all sizes. Acetate, shellac records and vinyl are digitised using professional Pro-Ject record decks, with high-quality cartridges and stylus combinations selected to suit the individual recording. Our experienced audio engineers combine specialist analogue conversion equipment with professional restoration tools to produce high-quality digital files suitable for listening, online access, production and long-term preservation.

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Professional Playback

Specialist record decks, cartridges and stylus combinations selected to suit historic and modern recordings.

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Archive Quality

Digital audio can be supplied up to 24-bit 192kHz for professional production and preservation requirements.

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Audio Restoration

Professional restoration can be undertaken where required, helping improve the quality and clarity of historic recordings.

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Multiple Formats

WAV, BWF, AIFF, MP3 and CD outputs are available according to your requirements.

DIGITAL OUTPUTS

Professional Audio Outputs

Choose the digital format and resolution most appropriate for your collection and intended use.

WAV / BWF

Professional uncompressed audio suitable for archival preservation and production.

AIFF

High-quality uncompressed audio for professional editing and production workflows.

MP3

Convenient compressed files for everyday listening, sharing and online access.

CD

CD authoring and physical delivery available where required.

Available resolutions: 16-bit 44.1kHz CD quality, 24-bit 96kHz archive files and 24-bit 192kHz production files.
AUDIO TAPE DIGITISATION

Corporate, Heritage & Consumer Audio Tape

Professional digitisation of cassettes, reel-to-reel, studio masters, MiniDisc, DAT and ADAT collections.

Service 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+
Optical Discs & Digital Audio
Digital Audio MiniDisc £35.00 £32.50 £30.00 £27.50 £25.00
Compact Disc (CD) £10.00 £8.00 £6.00 £4.00 £2.00
ADAT / DAT Tapes
ADAT 8-Track £70.00 £67.50 £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
DAT 2-Track Stereo £40.00 £37.50 £35.00 £32.50 £30.00
Cassettes, Dictaphone, Mini & Micro Tapes
Cassettes – up to 60 minutes £26.00 £24.00 £22.00 £20.00 £18.00
Cassettes – 90 minutes £28.00 £26.00 £24.00 £22.00 £20.00
Cassettes – 120 minutes £30.00 £28.00 £26.00 £24.00 £22.00
1/4" Domestic Reel-to-Reel
3" Domestic Reel £30.00 £28.00 £26.00 £24.00 £22.00
5" Domestic Reel £35.00 £32.50 £30.00 £27.50 £25.00
7" Domestic Reel £40.00 £37.50 £35.00 £32.50 £30.00
Tape baking / damaged tape re-assembly £5.00 Per unit, if required
1/4" Half / 2-Track Studio Master
7" Professional Studio Master £30.00 £28.00 £26.00 £24.00 £22.00
10.5" Professional Studio Master £40.00 £38.00 £36.00 £34.00 £32.00
1/4" Multi-Track Services
4-Track Professional Tape 10.5" £50.00 £45.00 £40.00 £35.00 £30.00
8-Track Professional Tape 10.5" £60.00 £55.00 £50.00 £45.00 £40.00
1/2" Multi-Track Services
1/2" 2-Track Professional Tape £60.00 £55.00 £50.00 £45.00 £40.00
1/2" 4-Track Professional Tape £70.00 £65.00 £60.00 £55.00 £50.00
1/2" 8-Track Professional Tape £80.00 £75.00 £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
1/2" 16-Track Professional Tape £100.00 £95.00 £90.00 £85.00 £80.00
Domestic spool diameters are 3.25", 5" and 7", with recording speeds of 1 7/8 ips, 3 3/4 ips or 7 1/2 ips and usually quarter-track (4 track) mono or stereo.
RECORD DIGITISATION

Acetate, Shellac & Vinyl Price List

Professional transfer of vinyl, 78rpm shellac, acetate and specialist transcription discs.

Service Information 1+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+ 250+
Vinyl LP Records LP / 33rpm Standard £40.00 £35.00 £30.00 £25.00 £20.00 £20.00
Vinyl EPs 4–6 Tracks £25.00 £22.50 £20.00 £17.50 £15.00 £12.50
Vinyl Singles 1–2 Tracks £20.00 £17.50 £15.00 £12.50 £10.00 £10.00
78rpm Records Shellac £40.00 £35.00 £30.00 £25.00 £20.00 £20.00
78rpm Acetate Records 16" Discs – Cost per Side £80.00 £75.00 £65.00 £55.00 £45.00 £35.00
78rpm Voice Records Acetate / Shellac £40.00 £35.00 £30.00 £25.00 £20.00 £20.00
Aluminium Records Aluminium £90.00 £82.50 £80.00 £75.00 £70.00 £65.00
Cleaning if Required Shellac / Acetate £40.00 If required
Restoration per Hour Shellac / Acetate £75.00 If required
Additional Services Information 1+ 5+ 10+ 25+ 50+ 100+
USB Sticks £9.00
CD Authoring £15.00
Additional CD Copies £7.00
SPECIALIST COLLECTIONS

Specialist Record Digitisation

We work with a wide range of historic and specialist recorded media, including shellac, acetate and vinyl.

78rpm acetate transcription discs
SPECIALIST AUDIO

78rpm Lacquer & Acetate

Specialist digitisation of historic transcription discs and valuable recorded collections.

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78rpm shellac record digitisation
HERITAGE RECORDS

78rpm Shellac Records

Professional transfer of historic shellac records for family, heritage and archive collections.

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Vinyl LP record digitisation
VINYL

Vinyl LP Records

Professional digitisation of 33rpm LP records for listening, archive and online access.

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7 inch 45rpm vinyl record digitisation
VINYL SINGLES

45rpm Singles

Digitisation of 45rpm vinyl singles and smaller record collections.

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PROFESSIONAL AUDIO ENGINEERING

Experienced in Precious & Valuable Collections

Our multi-award-winning audio engineering studio provides professional digital conversion services for heritage, corporate and consumer archives.

Using professional analogue conversion equipment together with specialist audio restoration tools, our technicians carefully handle recordings that require a high level of technical expertise and attention.

HAVE A COLLECTION?

Let us help you preserve your recordings

Whether you have a single historic record or a substantial archive, our team can advise on the most appropriate digitisation and delivery options.

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Digitising Document and Books

Digitising Documents

Working with clients all over the UK, we digitise corporate, consumer and heritage document, book and map archives into suitable digital files for online use. 

Our Bookeye A1 Book Scanner offers high resolution planetary scanning for fragile delicate books and rare maps, parchment or materials  up to DIN A1+.   

Photographic Film Digitisation Services in Oxford UK

Digitising Photo Film

Our archive department is equipped with the leading photographic film and photograph machinery, ensuring consistent and high quality digitistion of all film type formats from 110mm to glass plate negatives.

Adhering to The National Archives Specifications, our  services are both leading and award winning, ensuring complete confidence. 

Broadcast Audio-Video Tape Digitisation in Oxford UK

Digitising Audio-Video 

Working with the leading AWS and Blackmagic conversion processors, our services incorporate every audio, video, vinyl and reel format in both open spool and closed tape formats. 

Digital file formats can support clients with Pro-ResHQ, 10-bit AVI,  MPEG4, AIFF, WAV, MP3, with most other options available upon request.       

Cherwell Business Awards Winner 2022

Cherwell Business Awards

September 2022 we won The Cherwell Micro Business Awards category.  Then in September 2023, we were thrilled to be one of the top 3 finalists for the Small Business Awards. This year we entered the 2024 Business Awards and made the finals. We are looking forward to the ceremony 16th September 2024.

Entries are extremely high so we were thrilled to be recognised as worthy of these awards.

Our offices are open Monday to Thursday 8am-4pm Friday 8am - 3pm.
29 Banbury Road, Kidlington OX5 1AQ. Parking is available at the front of the building or rear car park.

Contact Us 01865 457000 or email cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com