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Sirensound is a high-end Audio Mastering and Archival Facility

specialising in recording, archiving and mastering. Sirensound Digital has specialised equipment sourced from the world's leading manufacturers, including ATC (World class monitoring), Millennia music and media systems (HV3D) 12 Preamplifiers, (LOCi) Library of Congress Legacy Archival Playback Environment for vinyl, shellac and acetate discs and wax cylinders, Sony mixers, recorders and playback machines,  Sonnox software, equalisation, limiting and audio restoration suites, Pyramix recording software bundles, Sony APR 5003 quarter inch recorders with stereo, mono, 1/4 track headblocks and half inch headblock, Otari MX 7800 one inch 8 track open reel, MCI JH 24 Analogue open reel recorder for 24 track archival work.
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Our clients past and present encompass many higher learning instutitions throughout the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic, The British Library Sound Archive, The University of Edinburgh Library, Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich Memorial Library and Archive, Gloucester Archives, The University of Gloucester,  Institute of Acoustics, Voyager Press, University of Sheffield, The Royal Dragoon Guards, CBS New York, Disney and RTE Archives. We will work to collate and organise your oral history projects, your transfers from analogue to digital originating on quarter inch tape, 2 inch tape, cassette or PCM F1, vinyl, shellac and acetate discs, and perform your mastering requirements and recording projects using established skills providing meticulous attention to detail, in areas that others may overlook.
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Sirensound Digital remains a preferred contractor to the British Library Sound Archive having recorded thousands of obsolete recordings to a more robust digital format, and I try to keep the older machines in service by using them as often as possible so they're ready when required.
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We archive according to the AES and IASA standards utilising 96 kHz 24 bit converters with the capacity to transfer from one channel to 24 channels.  
A fresh power supply to the studio was installed so all audio (and video) work would be on a seperate clean single phase. 
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We have an acoustically designed room for acoustic recording and voice.
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Whatever your requirements may be, at Sirensound Digital UK your projects will be treated with the respect they deserve and managed sympathetically to the highest technical and artistic standards to produce the best possible outcomes for each and every archive recording.
Wax Cylinder playback using the Wow killer system of stepper motors to achieve an amzing level of audio clarity off this often damaged format

Welcome to Sirensound Digital UK Limited, a premier boutique audio company


Sirensound has specialised in the archiving of many carriers

lately we have begun to remove some of those formats on offer as they have become almost impossible to work with any accuracy, namely U-matic, VHS, Betamax and their subsequent decoders


Sirensound is a formidable player in archiving circles, having won 3 European contracts
and provided our much valued clients with added value archives they can promote and share.

On current offer are these formats: all 96 kHz 24 bit unless otherwise states

Open reel 2" 16 or 24 tracks 
Open reel 1/2 " stereo masters for mastering
Open reel 1/4 inch as mono, stereo, 1/4 track and single track mono

Nitrocellular acetate recordings, both one off and commercially recorded at speeds of 78, 45, 33 1/3
DAT in their born states to .wav or other digital format
DAT to analogue
Minidisc in their digital born state to .wav or other digital format
Minidisc to analogue

DASH PCM 24 or 48 channel open reel digital to multitrack audio files in a .wav wrapper in their born digital state.

Note, some formats will not playback as they were originally recorded. If this is the case, 
studio time will still be charged as this time is crucial in the investigative stage.

No refunds for media that doesn't play back due to bad storage conditions of breakdown of 
carrier material used in the production of the carrier type

Studio time is £155.00 per hour of studio time including setup time for transfer

All studio billed time as invoiced work must be paid before release of files and master recordings

Any rejected work will be reexamined and determined whether a better outcome is possible, 
if not the client must bear the burden of lost revenue at the time of inspection.

Any work that is found to be faulty will naturally be corrected at no cost to the client

We prefer masters to be delivered by hand or by courier. No collection service is offered or implied

Acoustic Recording

I have an acoustically controlled recording room for voice over and audiobook services
Please enquire should you require this service on 07905938355
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Sirensound Digital UK Limited

Company number 04293934

Call 07905938355

VAT: 468 7614 44