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Welkom bij Dutch Tape Transfers. De plek voor het digitaliseren van uw analoge en digitale audiobanden, gevestigd in Utrecht.

Uw gastheer Wout de Kruif zet alles op alles voor de allerbeste transfer van uw kostbare mastertapes, klaar voor de toekomst.

10/07/2025

Look who’s back! My DMR-2000 and PCM-1630 units got a well deserved maintenance treatment. Not that they were broken, oh no! But since I wanted them to stay up and running, they got checked up, aligned and recapped here and there. Ready for many years and tapes to come.

What is it? The PCM-1630 or 1610 format was a video based digital audio format introduced in the late 70’s and found it’s way into mainly mastering studios around the world during the 80’s and 90’s. It became the standard for CD manufacturing in times when harddisks weren’t around yet, using Umatic tapes and a heavy modified Umatic recorder. The video signal (looking like flickering stripes) gets decoded by the PCM-1630 unit, outputting 16bit/44.1kHz digital audio.

Thanks to Ruud of DVS in Almere for taking care of these legends. Happy Wout here! 😺👍

08/07/2025

Transfers at sunset! Working on a beautiful big archive of mainly multitracks from the end of the 80’s to the end of the 90’s. All from one studio, so the alignment is without exception 30ips AES at 520nWb/s without noise reduction. Synced to timecode at 25fps.
Here and there the drums is missing since these were coming from a sampler sequenced by an Atari 1040ST, slaved to the TC. Who knows we will come to the point loading the old Cubase files and soundsets and get these tracks restored too! 🤞

22/06/2025

This beauty got a new pinch roller! It was about time since it was equipped with the vicious green roller that became very sticky. Athan sent me this new one, so the Studer D827 mkII is ready for service! 48 digital tracks on 1/2inch at 16bit, with EDR option: 24 tracks on 24bit. Next up: installing the beautiful meter bridge that came with it.

25/04/2025

Today this beautiful package hits the stores: Golden Earring’s “Switch”, remastered and expanded. Wouter Bessels did a great job remastering and overviewing the project and Jeroen Ras did his magic on the liner notes. I had the honour to transfer the tapes, which was great fun with this album. The tapes were in great shape and sounded as if it was recorded yesterday. We discovered a unreleased track from the sessions and the rough mixes are really worth you time. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did working on it. From the Red Bullet - Record Label archives, now on CD and on the streaming platforms! Happy Kingsday! 👑🍻

14/04/2025

I swear, I am not lazy! 😸 But I’m very happy with this cool remote for my Tascam DA-98HR and DA-78HR a.k.a. DTRS machines. I got it as a bonus when I picked up two spare DTRS machines for a bargain: one extra DA-78HR and a DA-38, both in great shape. No excuses for not getting your DTRS recordings transferred, so bring ‘em in! 😸👌

21/03/2025

Last week this classic LP got its re-release on all streaming platforms: “Storybook Heroes” by Dutch hardrock group Highway Chile from 1983. Produced by Alfred Lagarde and engineered by Jan Schuurman and Robin Freeman at Soundpush Studios. Scroll through the pictures and have a look at the master tape and give this classic a spin. Transferred and remastered by yours sincerely. From the Red Bullet - Record Label archives! Enjoy!

18/03/2025

My Mitsubishi X-850 1” 32-track ProDigi digital tape machine was in need of new rollers, and here they are! Fresh from Athan, with many thanks to . It’s running smooth again, ready for your 32-track digital multitracks! Bring ‘em in while they still run. 😺👍🏻

20/01/2025

May I introduce to you: the Studer D827 MCH mkII with EDR (24bit Extended Digital Resolution). A 48-track 1/2inch digital tape machine, just like the Sony PCM-3348, but with an early 24bit option, two years before the 24bit PCM-3348HR came out. In 1995 Studer made 24bit possible by “bitmapping”: they use the available 16bits on track 1 to 24, put the extra 8 bits per channel on track 25 to 48 and merge them. Apart from that specific format, it’s a very smooth machine and great as an extra option for tapes where problems occur.

I agree, she definitely needs a good cleaning, but first I wanted her to be up and running. I struggled with a few issues and communication problems within the machine, but after some swapping of cards between my spare machine (so happy to get my hands on TWO), and this one the problem was solved. Next up: a new pinch roller and greasing or replacing some bearings and she’s ready to roll!

Many many thanks to Bernie Spratt who provided the machines, Rob Sannen for getting me in touch and Mark1 Pro Audio World and Rob Cuypers for arranging the shipping and handling from the UK and Hessel van Hoorn for helping these beasts into the studio. ❤️

04/01/2025

Willem van Kooten passed away today. My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and everyone who loved him. ❤️

I owe him so much! At the beginning of 2020, he gave me the opportunity to work on the digitization of the tape archive, which led to the founding of Dutch Tape Transfers with a portfolio I am incredibly proud of. Many thanks to and for the introduction!

Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and his move to Portugal, I never had the chance to shake his hand. Our contact was through phone calls and emails. I am deeply grateful for his trust, as well as for sharing his knowledge and memories. ❤️

03/01/2025

As a start of 2025, I would like to invite everyone to have a look at my Dutch Tape Transfers Spotify playlist where you can find most of the projects I worked on. Tape transfers, remastering, and artwork in a lot of cases. Remastering of Golden Earring and Focus was done by Wouter Bessels . Featuring material from Red Bullet - Record Label , Sony Music , Universal Music Legends , Top Hole Records and Rhythm ‘n’ Flow Records amongst others. Have a listen and follow the playlist for weekly updates!

Link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5M0pHiVenS9naKdylNKMy2?si=5hTUsvVTSquvn9VCRBk1KQ&pi=e-89VO4_KQRkyj

31/12/2024

From Dutch Tape Transfers HQ, I would like to wish everyone a very happy 2025! For me last year was a great one. I made new friends, I opened my “digi-room” on another location housing my digital machines. I bought some new machines, did some maintenance here and there. But most important, I did transfers of beautiful material which led to great releases. I want to thank my clients for their trust and my girlfriend Sterre and my son Tibbe for their love and support. 2025, I’m ready for you! Let’s gooo! ❤️🎉

Love, Wout

16/12/2024

Today is a beautiful day for a pile of 1/4inch masters.

At the start of a day like this, I arrange all tapes on artist and expected alignment depending on the studio they were recorded. The rest will be aligned to my trusty MRL tones. That way I can work very fast. 😺👍🏻

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http://dutchtapetransfers.com/

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