Chuck (and anyone else seeking audio metadata tools/practices), Looping back to the metadata thread below, here's another resource:
<http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/wave_metadata.html> That page links to the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative specification for metadata in Broadcast WAVE (BWAV or BWF) files, plus associated documents. A related Mac/Windows tool, BWF MetaEdit, is "a free, open source tool that supports embedding, validating, and exporting of metadata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files, including support for the Federal Agencies guidelines." It's at SourceForge: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwfmetaedit/> Rob -- Rob Lancefield Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 Past President, Museum Computer Network (MCN), http://www.mcn.edu On 9/17/2010 10:46 AM, Chuck Patch wrote: > Thanks Rob, Deborah, these are very helpful. > > Chuck > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Rob Lancefield on lists< > lists at lancefield.net> wrote: > >> Hi Chuck and all, >> >> In addition to the great resources Deb has suggested, two other leads: >> >> The Association of Recorded Sound Collections, ARSC, has institutional >> members who do audio A-to-D in-house but occasionally outsource those >> services, and other members who provide those services as vendors. ARSC >> has an active email list, which it may be worth hitting with a query >> seeking off-list replies about prospective service providers. More at: >> >> http://www.arsc-audio.org/arsclist.html >> >> One lead to an audio digitization house: Sonicraft (sonicraft.com) does >> very high-quality transfers of music recordings. This recommendation is >> based on individual experience, not museum-related work. As we know, a >> key factor in whether any given shop is a good candidate for a project >> is the eternal tradeoff between transfer quality and cost, vis-?-vis the >> amount and type of source material, how much quality matters, and >> budget. Please ask me off-list if you'd like a lead to someone who may >> have ideas for a specific project. As a LinkedIn user, you might also >> see if you happen to have connections in the Audio Engineering Society >> (aes.org) via http://www.linkedin.com/groups?viewMembers=&gid=71239 . >> >> Re: storage media, in a word: yes, once audio is digital, physical >> storage-medium aspects of preserving it are like those of preserving >> other digital files. Re: metadata, the AES has developed some relevant >> standards, and LOC digital preservation pages may be useful re: what can >> be embedded in audio files of a specified format (e.g., WAV): >> >> http://www.aes.org/publications/standards/ >> http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000001.shtml >> >> hope this helps! >> >> Rob (recording engineer in a pre-museum-person life) >> -- >> Rob Lancefield >> Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections >> Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University >> 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA >> rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 >> Past President, Museum Computer Network (MCN), http://www.mcn.edu >> >> >> On 9/15/2010 7:29 PM, Chuck Patch wrote: >> > I've been asked about services that perform digitization of analog >> > audio (reel-to-reel) tapes. Has anyone used such a service that they >> > could recommend? A couple of related questions - are there digital >> > storage media for audio considered remotely archival? Or is it >> > similar to visual data that's best kept on spinning disk and migrated >> > in perpetuity? What types of meta-data can one ask a service provider >> > of this sort to embed in the files? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> > > >
