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Past Boston Clients & Statements
Bill Lichtenstein, Producer, LCMedia, Cambridge. We are currently the exclusive audio and video transfer service for LCMedia's latest documentary. The American Revolution is about Boston's infamous WBCN radio station. We are restoring and digitizing audio recordings from the early 70's for use in the documentary and preservation. For more information about this project, visit the website WBCN Film. "You couldn't do better than Paul. We could have used anyone for the film, and we searched pretty widely and we ended up with Paul and have been thrilled. He is fair, conscientious, and what's more, difficult problems with old tape (and we have brought many to him) are not an annoyance or something to be avoided, as it might be with duplication houses, but a personal challenge he gets motivated and excited to solve. And he has solved all of them, no matter how difficult. That kind of dedication and commitment is priceless, yet his prices have been fair and he is a gem to work with.-Bill " Alex Griswold, Executive Producer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Hired us to transfer master videotapes, and raw camera footage from their science education department's extensive archives. We converted the 23 year old Umatic and Betacam videotapes to digital video files for additional production, and made them reference DVDs. "Paul has done a number of transfers for us, he is very careful and the transfers are of the best quality. He can also save the files to a hard disk for electronic storage at the same time he makes the DVDs. He is very organized and pays attention to special instructions. We have used his services several times over the past couple of years and have always been happy with the results."-Alex. Michael Skrip, Associate Director Of Audiology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. Mass Eye and Ear had a very unique project for us. They had two 30 year old laserdiscs that were used daily to teach hearing impaired patients to read lips. They hired us to restore and transfer them to DVD before the player and discs wore out! We rescued these important videos, and created interactive DVDs for today's technology. Andrew Elder, Operations Coordinator, The History Project, Boston. Hired Mass Productions to transfer and restore 28 year old master tapes of the radio program "Boston's Other Voice" from their archives to CD's and streaming audio files for the web. View The Press Release Their next project will be transferring and restoring 20 year old Umatic and Betacam videotapes to DVD and flash video for the web."Working with Paul was a nearly effortless process. Often, before I had the opportunity to ask an archival- and/or preservation-related question regarding the transfer process, Paul provided an answer. He is knowledgeable both about the transfer process and about the processes of preserving analog and digital recordings. This degree of understanding is of much importance to The History Project, a nonprofit, community-based archives. In addition, Paul was a pleasure to work with – and I look forward to continuing to benefit from his expertise in the future as we transfer additional materials from analog to digital formats, for use online and in our archives."-Andrew James Wallace, Music Director, The Putney School, Vermont-Contracted Mass Productions to digitize 500 rare Jazz records from the school’s music library. The digital files were then imported into iTunes, and a complete music database created. This allowed students to access the school’s Jazz music library from any computer on campus, as well as from home. It also preserved and protected the schools valuable record collection. The school hopes this project will pave the way to having their entire record library of over 6,000 titles converted to digital over the next few years. Christine LeBlanc, Manager, POA Planning, EMD Serono. Christine had a boxload of Mini-DV and DV-CAM masters for a yearly conference that she needed on DVD right away. We worked quickly to transfer all her videos, and assemble DVD's in just a few days for her use in the conference. Brad Bellows, Architect, Cambridge- Hired Mass Productions to transfer reel to reel recordings of his college rock band."I want to thank you again for all the care and attention you took with the transfer of our 40 year old sound recordings…One thing I especially appreciated, was the way you patiently checked the condition of the tape, both physically and musically, before the transfer, to identify critical issues and potential solutions. Rather than just slapping them on a deck and burning a copy, as I'm sure many other transfer companies would have done. This conscientiousness and communicativeness is absolutely invaluable in projects of this kind." Marian Brehm, Boston. Hired us to preserve her family's history. We transferred her one of a kind cassettes and VHS tapes to CD and DVD, and made copies for her children and grandchildren. Read Marian's letter of recommendation for Mass Productions. JPG PDF Mike Pojman, Boston- "I just wanted to tell you how happy I am with the tape to CD transfer of my play. It turned out great! The clarity is fantastic. It has been quite a thrill listening to a show I haven't heard for 38 years. Thanks for your help and professionalism. I have already recommended you to two friends, both of whom plan to contact you soon." Nancy Pond-Smith and Richard Drinkwater, Boston - Richard had a one of a kind record of his mother, Alta Drinkwater, one of the first opera singers in Boston to peform Madame Buttefly. Nancy hired us to transfer the record, remove noise, and put it onto CD. The finished CD was given to Richard on his birthday. One of the songs was then played at his daughters wedding! David Upton, Boston - David and his wife Nancy had their wedding professionally videotaped in England in 2002. They hired us to convert to NTSC and we put together some nice DVDs for the family. We also converted a record of his band, and some unique audiotapes that were the synced up sound for some 8mm films. "We're absolutely delighted with the Wedding video - what a fantastic job you |