Hello
Does anybody knew where I can have My 16 track 2’’ Tape transfer to digital. at a good price so I can load it in to Sonar.
 
 

Cheap prices in China - are you close to it?
(fairly small country anyway).

I had someone that used sonicraft awhile back, and was happy, but I don't have a clue what they charged.
I know most services used to offer a level up to 12 track, and above that is a higher bracket, or they have a large setup fee.
 
 

OK Thank you

If you have a lot of songs to transfer, you might as well beef up your interface to 16 channels in and just to the transfer yourself, because it will cost a lot.
So if you have a lot of songs, something like an SSL Alpha Link 16-4 will be just perfect.  And after the transfer, you will have a heck of an audio interface to make music with.
 
dan
 
 
 
 

The problem is having a 16 track 2" machine to play the tape, and at critical levels since they are masters.
They are monsters and have always been expensive to have or to get done as a service.
Anything semi-pro/ home use, was on smaller tape, but still a huge investment with anything more than 8 tracks.
But now they are also dinosaurs, which means there's even fewer that are maintained and working at all.
 
 
I looked up Sonicraft and the setup fee is $250 or $275 considering a one-off, and you aren't running 500 copies from it.
Then each reel is $175 I think it said.
 
They also do actual tape restoration for those of us that have a toasted 2x reel forgotten in a once flooded basement. lol
 
If it's not sensitive material that may be shared, you might be able to get a good deal in China like Doktar Avalanche mentioned.
So that gives an idea.... and good luck davidt64!

OK Thanks again.