Master Archive Technologies (MAT) 1-201-895-4076

Audio Archiving Request Sheet Basic Prices & Process:

Cassette, Reel to Reel and other magnetic flux media, actually wears off reels and quickly deteriorates over time exponentially; this renders your media useless and may damage your dictation / recording equipment.

Using professional state of the art digital technology, Master Archive Technologies (MAT) transfers and or converts your audio media contents to a stable achievable format. Compact Disks or Hard Disk storage allows easier organization, affords you more filing space and if specified, the ease and ability to transfer files over the internet quickly and safely. Providing longer storage and archiving stability life than your current media’s state.

It is suggested that CDA's can safely store information for at least 100 years before deterioration. A premium glass archive disk is almost indefinite. Therefore, with this process you can hold on to your important audio information for life. Simultaneously, you can say goodbye to all those audio cassettes you have accumulated in your home, legal, city, state or corporate archives. In most cases, it is obligatory to archive certain media by law.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO SUBMIT A PRE-RECORDED SESSION FOR AUDIO ARCHIVING, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

1.  Pack your media.  (33, 45, 78, Cassette, Micro-Cassette, 8 Track, or Reel to Reel & Video) in a sturdy box. 

WE WILL NOT ACCEPT MEDIA PACKAGES IN BUBBLE ENVELOPES!!

2.  Make sure you put "FRAGILE AUDIO RECORDING" on the box.

3.  Include your payment of $40.00 per item, made out to Master Archive Technologies. We will professionally transfer your media to a stable media disk archive (MDA). 

3a. There will be no editing or restoration involved in this process. (Unless specified there will be a charge of $60.00 Per Hour + Materials for editing & $10.00 for test Burns)  If so, discuss this prior to scheduled work times.

3.b  If one item has more than 74 minutes of audio, then treat that as a second session and add another $25.00 to your total. (Larger storage rates per disk are also available)

We accept Cashiers Checks and Money Orders. We will accept personal checks, but we will not start your project until the check has cleared the banking system.  

REMEMBER IT IS A DIGITAL COPY OF YOUR AUDIO MEDIA. ANY ANOMALIES (LIKE POPS, CLICKS, AND NOISES) ON YOUR AUDIO MEDIA WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CD, UNLESS YOU SPCIFY NOISE REDUCTION.

COMPRESSION & CONVERSION.

Be specific: If you intend to use our compression service (Reduced audio quality leaves more space) there will be an additional cost, depending upon how much compression you will have applied to your media; thus determines how much media will be stored in a given unit. This must be discussed with our representative before the work is begun.

4. Include your Name, Address, City, State, Zip Code, Telephone Numbers

5. Ship to: MAT Mastering Services 103 w. Oakland Ave. Ste 2B,  Oakland NJ 07436 USA