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We also offer a service we call Rapid Electronic
Delivery, or RED for short, that allows us to upload 6. Will you put my audio on a DVD if I request it? Sure. Please specify this on the order form and specify what type of data you want. MP3, WAV, AIF or any other is fine. Just let us know up front. At this time there is no extra charge for using DVDs. This is a great way for you to save money. Tapes with many hours of audio will fit nicely as data on DVDs. This saves you the "$5 for each additional CD" charge usually associated with large tapes. 7. What type of CDs do you use? White printable CD-Rs by Taiyo Yuden. Taiyo Yuden is recognized as a leader in the manufacture of reliable, accurate media for CD and DVD recording. They also invented the CD-Recordable. 8. What is Rapid Electronic Delivery? Rapid Electronic Delivery, or RED, is an optional service we offer that allows you to download your tapes audio instead of having it put on CD and mailed to you. For those having this done with reel to reel tapes there is a $5 per tape discount. (Does not apply to cassette tape or any other media we transfer.) Furthermore. If you opt not to have your originals returned to you, there is no return shipping. Your files will be MP3 format. Our software will pick the best bit rate for your audio. When they are on our server and ready for download you will receive an email giving you a web address to go to. If you run into any problems we are always just a phone call away at 1-800-617-8273 or email away at info@reel2reel2cd.com. 9. What is Sticky Shed Syndrome and could my tapes have it? Sticky Shed Syndrome is a condition higher quality tapes from the 80's can have. Usually, if your tapes where not recorded in a professional studio, you don't have to worry about sticky shed. If they were, and if they do have Sticky Shed, we offer tape baking for just $20.00 per batch of tapes being baked. After the baking process the tapes will be as good as new. If you think your tape might have sticky shed, do not try to play them! Playing tapes with Sticky Shed with out baking them will ruin them. For more information about Sticky Shed you can visit the link provided below. But please keep in mind you are leaving Curtis Media Transfer site. This site is not affiliated with us at all. Mr. D's Music. 10. Can you bake a tape? (What is tape baking?) Yes we offer tape baking for just $20.00 per baking session. We have a specially designed oven created just for baking tapes. It cannot get hotter than 150 degrees and can hold up to 25 tapes at once. Each session is 4 hours long. Tapes are then cooled for 4 hours before being played. We have been dealing with sticky shed for the past 8 years and have not met a tape we couldn't fix. If you think your tapes might have Sticky Shed, do not try to play them. Tape baking refers to a process of baking tapes in an oven for 4 hours at about 130 degress to remedy a problem tapes from the 80's can have called Sticky Shed Syndrome. 11. What is Dry Tape Syndrome? Dry Tape Syndrome is a term used to describe very old reel to reel tapes that have be stored in a very dry environment and the lubrication in the tapes have dry up. This causes such inflicted tapes to squeal when being played back. The squeal is audible as distortion in the tapes recorded audio. (Due to the tape vibrating over the heads.) These tapes can also ruin your machines heads and damage other parts. So, if you feel you have tapes with "Dry Tape" please do not attempt to play them. We have been dealing with problems like this for many years and learned tricks to over come Dry Tape Syndrome. We do not charge any extra for dealing with Dry Tape. 12. Do you sell reel to reel decks? Sorry, no. Try Ebay.com . 13. Will my finished CD have tracks? Yes it will. There are 3 ways we determine where tracks should go. First common sense. Second a computer determines track placement. Third, every 5 minutes. If by looking at the audio we cannot tell where to put them we then let the computer try. If the computer is stumped we just place tracks every five minutes. WARNING> If you are have classical music or opera transferred your track markers will not be correct. We no not charge for nor guarantee track placement. Just audio transfer quality. 14. What will be printed on the finished CD? By default, if you are not choosing the "custom label" option, your CD will have our logo on one side. Disc 1 of 2 or whatever may apply. Your last name across the top. And tape number across the bottom. 15. I don't know anything about reel to reel tapes. Where should I start? After visiting our Step by Step page, send them to us, or maybe just one at first, and select "Create MP3 sample page first, I'm not sure of the content of my tapes " . You will find that under return shipping information on the order-form. Pack the tapes up safely using a box, not an envelope. We like the Priority Boxes the USPS supplies you with for free when using Priority Mail. Just pop in your local post office and ask for some "Priority Boxes". Mail your tapes to us with no money or payment information. Just contact information. We will see that you checked MP3 sample page and create small, 3-5 minute MP3 files for you to download can listen to from your home PC or MAC. We will email you these samples with short descriptions. If there is any other problems associated with your tapes that would also be communicated to you then. Then you can decide if you want to have the tapes transferred or not.. No surprises. If you decide not to have them transferred we only ask you pay for return shipping. If you don't want the tapes back we will take care of them for you and you pay nothing. 16. How much audio can a reel to reel hold? That is not so easy to answer. Reel-to-reel tape did not have just one speed it played at like cassettes. They played from 1-3/8 inches per second to 7 1/2 inches per second and more. Then, if that's not enough, there was many different sized reels. From 3" to 10.5". Each holding more tape. But wait, one more thing, thickness of tape. Some companies made very very thin tape and bragged about how much more for your money you could get. And some made thicker tape and bragged about quality. Oh but wait, there's. There was many different ways a tape could have been record. Mono, stereo or four track mono or a combination of stereo and four track mono. See, tapes had sides. Side 1 and Side 2. Then they have tracks. Left and Right Side 1 and Left and Right Side 2. A person could have recorded on left and right together for stereo recordings. Or use left and right separately for four track mono. So to sum this up, it is really impossible to predict how much audio is on your tapes. That is why we started the MP3 preview sample service. So clients could think about there transfer needs after the new what they were dealing with. 7" reels recorded at 1-3/8 IPS 4 track mono is the worst we see and that produces 6 hours of audio. A CD holds 80 minutes. So if you are trying to determine worst case scenario that gives you something to go on. But remember that is a rare scenario. On average most tapes take 1 or 2 CDs to transfer.
17. Do you offer a bulk discount? Yes, 10% after 10 tapes. 20% after 20 tapes. After 20 tapes please contact us at 1-800-617-8273 and tell us a little more about your project. We are more than willing to work out something that fits your needs. First I would like to say we are always willing to work with your deadline. So if you have a special need please call us and let us know and we will work with you. We enjoy helping people make an occasion special for a loved one. Now the standard answer: 1-5 tapes, 1 week. More than 5 tapes 14 days. More than 20 tapes please call 1-800-617-8273 for more information. 19. Do you make audio CDs? Or data CDs? What's the difference? By default we put your audio on Audio CDs. We can make data CDs if you request that. There is no extra charge for data disc. An audio CD is similar to one you might buy in a record store. It plays in any CD player such as the one in your car or home audio system. A data CD is for your home computer. It could contain audio in the form or MP3 files, .wav files or other computer files. This option would be helpful if you wanted to edit your audio on your home computer, or, wanted your tapes to be transferred into MP3s so you could listen to them on a personal listing device. 20. What is meant by tape speed? Reel-to-reel tape speed is measured in IPS or "inches per second". It is how fast the tape went from the source reel to the take-up reel. The options were 1 3/8s IPS, 3 3/4 IPS, 7 1/2 IPS and 15 IPS. The faster the speed the better the quality. 21. Can my tapes audio be transferred to MP3 or .wav instead of audio? Sure. We can transfer your audio to CD as audio or as data. We can also transfer your tapes to DVD as data. Also MP3 files can be uploaded to our web servers for you to download skipping the CD all together.
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web. 1/4" tape is the most common type of tape found with the average consumer.
Any other reel to reel tape was found almost exclusively in professional
recording studios. 
back as to what you have and how much it is going to cost to transfer to CD.
Many of or clients find tapes and have no idea what type they are or if there is
anything recorded on them. 
MP3 files to our servers for you to download to your computer,
bypassing the need for any CDs. Because of this lack of CDs we offer a
discount for tapes transferred this way. ($5 off each tape transferred
and uploaded rather than put on CD.) This discount is only available
for reel to reel tapes, not cassette or any other media we transfer.
Also keep in mind this method of delivery does not come with tracks.
It is one file per tape.