Welcome to Audio-Visual Archives
Audio-Visual Archives offers a wide range of recording and production services to clients in Western Massachusetts and beyond. Whether you’re looking for a professional videographer to record a live event, or an expert to convert an analog media collection to digital, we’ve got you covered–from live to archive!
We’re all about archival quality documentation of arts, ideas, and events–both past and present.
- For interviews, live performances, presentations, and other event proceedings, we provide some of the highest audio and video recording quality possible.
- The same attention to detail goes into our preservation services, where vintage movie films, audio, and video recordings are prepared, transferred, restored, and “re-produced” into a new digital life.
Ultimately, the quest for quality goes beyond the pixels and decibels, and is about creating the most meaningful finished product possible. I invite you to invite me on that quest with you.Have fun and make history! –Steve Unkles, owner and operator since 1995.
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Here’s a list of the services we offer:
Recording & Production Services
A. Live Presentations:
- Lectures, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
- Classroom/Academic Instruction & Discussion
- Focus Groups, Tutorials, Demonstrations, etc.
B. Live Performances:
- Live Theater, Music, and Dance
- Concert Recording (video and/or audio)
- Recitals, Rehearsals, Auditions, Demos
C. Miscellaneous Events & Purposes:
- Sporting Events & Athletic Competitions
- Weddings, Religious & Memorial Services
- Real Estate Home & Property Inventory
- Legal Depositions and Trial Testimony
- Anything worthy of great documentation
2. Documentary & Production Services:
- Historical & Educational Documentary Programs
- Inclusion of Archival Materials and Footage
- Voice-over/Narration & Soundtrack Creation
- Oral History/Life Story Interviews, Video Biography
- Academic/Artistic/Athletic & Career Achievement Portfolio for Scholarships, Grant Applications, etc.
3. Educational & Promotional Pieces:
Offered through our sister company, WAVE Multimedia. Please visit www.MakeWaves.tv for more information.
Video Production Services:
- Educational Productions & Programs
- Tutorials and Training Programs
- Fundraising & Promotional Pieces
- Issue-oriented Advocacy & Awareness
Audio Production Services:
- Audiobooks and Audio Seminars
- Radio Programming and Advertising
- Sound-for-Picture recording and editing
Archiving & Re-production Services
1. Movie Film-to-Video Transfer:
- All operations handled by a skilled professional
- 8, Super 8, & 16mm formats, Optical & Mag sound
- Viewer available to preview films before transfer
- Thorough Film Cleaning and Repairs
- Wet Gate option reduces appearance of scratches
- Real time and exact Frame-by-Frame systems
- Low-cost options to transfer low priority films
- High Definition imaging used for all services
- Speed, Pitch, Color, and Image Corrections
- Film-specific digital restoration, including:
- Dirt Removal, Grain Reduction, Stabilization
- Optional Music, Narration, and Graphics
- Edit with Other Content (Photos, audio, video)
- Choice of Output Formats–DVD, BluRay, Files, etc.
2. Videotape to Digital & DVD:
- VHS, Super VHS-C, ¾” U-matic, Digital8, 8mm, Hi8, mini DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, and HDV formats.
- NTSC, PAL, and SECAM Standards Conversions
- Choice of services to meet various needs & budgets
- Professional grade playback & processing throughout
- Many features to optimize or customize results
- Custom editing, restoration, & authoring available
- Output to tape, files, DVD (custom printed), BluRay
- Reel-to-Reel, Audio cassette & micro tape formats
- Vinyl Records @ 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm speeds
- Also DAT, MiniDisc, and any other digital file format
- Professional gear & expertise ensures optimal results
- Extensive editing & audio restoration capabilities
- Choice of services to meet specific needs & budget
4. Photos/Images Converted to Digital:
- Hi-res image scanning with optional restoration
- Archive as files, re-print, or re-size for sharing
- Compile a slide show; tell a story set to music
- Try “Digital Storytelling”, a slideshow using images, text, voice, & music to create a compelling narrative.
Finished Products and follow-up services common to both archiving and recording projects:
1. CD/DVD/BluRay Authoring & Duplication 3. File transcoding, compression and upload
2. Artwork design, printing, and packaging 4. Archival storage solutions for vintage & digital materials
We have worked for clients in most parts of the United States and Canada, but most of our work is local and regional, including:
- All six New England States (MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME) and Upstate New York
- Central & Western Massachusetts; Worcester & Berkshire County, Greater Boston
- Brattleboro & southern Vermont down to Hartford and Central Connecticut
- The Pioneer Valley: Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin County, Massachusetts
- The cities of Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield, and Greenfield, Mass
- The Five College Area, including Northampton and Amherst, Mass
Our Studio is located in Florence, MA (part of Northampton) , with a home office in Sunderland, to serve folks up and down and either side of the Connecticut River Valley.