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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.

05/08/2026

Cool reportage at Paul Schuurman about the upcoming releases by the legendary André Hazes. In Dutch! I had the great honour to transfer the original multitracks. It was recorded on five Hi8 DTRS tapes (40 tracks), transferred on a combination of a Tascam DA-98HR and a pile of DA-78HR’s. On vinyl very soon!

23/07/2026

What kept me and Wouter Bessels busy the last couple of months? This! Sorry English speaking friends, this is very Dutch. 😸✌️ (will it translate?)🤞

Update over de aanstaande oeuvrebox van Het Goede Doel door samenstellers Wouter Bessels en Wout de Kruif:
Na een paar jaar van voorbereidingen zijn we eind 2025 begonnen met de productie van de oeuvrebox van Het Goede Doel. Sindsdien zijn we druk bezig met het (re)masteren van alle muziek en het samenstellen van het boekje. We mogen verklappen dat het voortvarend gaat en we nu azen op een releasedatum ergens in november!

De titel: Samengepakt. De inhoud: 18 cd’s.

Jawel, 18 cd’s! Dat betekent alle studioalbums, beide livealbums, een cd vol met pre-België materiaal, anderstalige liedjes, losse eindjes, unieke singlemixen, etc.
Met als kers op de taart veel, we mogen wel zeggen héél veel nooit eerder uitgebracht materiaal. Demo’s, werkversies, live-opnamen, je kan het zo gek niet bedenken. De precieze inhoud blijft een verrassing tot aan het moment van aankondiging van de box (gepland voor medio/eind september), maar in het kader van de voorpret willen we graag een tipje van de sluier oplichten. Zo staat een cd volledig in het teken van de hoogtepunten van Theatertoerisme; de theatertournee die Het Goede Doel in de eerste helft van 1990 ondernam. Met het uitbrengen van deze registratie gaat voor veel fans van de groep een langgekoesterde wens in vervulling.

In het boekje staan tekstbijdragen van beide Henken, Sander van Herk, ondergetekenden. Verwacht een uitputtend verhaal over de (inmiddels) 50-jarige geschiedenis van Het Goede Doel, anekdotes, feitjes bij de liedjes, alle opnamedata (voor zover bekend) en foto’s uit de archieven van onder andere William Rutten en Rob Verhorst.
Plus nog een verrassing. Of misschien wel twee!

Gitarist en medeoprichter Sander van Herk is alvast onder de indruk: “Ik ben heel blij met deze jubileumuitgave, die een compleet beeld geeft van wat Het Goede Doel heeft voortgebracht. Samengepakt kan gezien worden als ‘de definitieve box’.”

Dus zet de box vast op je verlanglijstje voor Sinterklaas en kerst en houd de socials in de gaten voor meer updates.

Wouter Bessels & Wout de Kruif

17/07/2026

An overview of recent releases like this always makes me very very proud. Let’s have a look!

The Shirts - “Live at Paradise 1979” is another cool concert from the The Shirts archives I did tape transfers for (analog). Released on CD by

Babe - “The Complete Collection”: I did the digital tape transfers and and re-alignments for two albums and a handful of singles in this 3CD box to be remastered by . From the archives, releases by

“Good Evening Europe!”: a beautifully compiled collection of Eurovision Song Contest competitors from The Netherlands, but in English, German, French etcetera. I transferred a few tapes (analog and DAT) of the songs and remastered one of them. With great mastering work by . Again, released by the great .

Sleeze Beez - “Powertool” (Remastered + Bonus tracks): A very expanded edition, where I did all tape transfers (DAT and analog), bonus tracks research and mixed a few never mixed outtakes. From the archives, released by .fr

Vangouw - “Passion Rules”: I did tape transfers (DAT, analog and PCM) and remastering a few years ago already for the streaming services, but now on CD too with three bonustracks. Again, released by .fr .

If you have a chance, grab yourself a copy of one of these! I loved working on these and I can tell you there has been put a lot of love in these releases by everyone involved.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

04/06/2026

While rearranging my studio, I took the chance to make a sweet family photo of my Porta studio’s. Meet the Teac 144, the first ever (and probably the heaviest) 4-track cassette Porta studio, and the only one using Dolby B noise reduction. Next, the Yamaha MT8XII 8-track cassette porta, using DBX. Next below is the Yamaha MD, when Minidisc went multitrack in the late 90’s. And on the side the Tascam 234, 4-track cassette using DBX in rack format.

All ready to transfer your home demos and recordings to the digital domain. 😺👍

26/05/2026

Last night I had the pleasure to attend the performance of The Focus Symphony at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam by the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Alexandra Arrieche and arranged by Roeland Jacobs. A beautiful arrangement of Focus songs. For me a trip down memory lane. Six years ago I had the honour to transfer the Focus master tapes for Red Bullet - Record Label which resulted in the 50 Years Anthology 1970-1976 CD Boxset (still available!) in great company of archivist and remastering engineer Wouter Bessels, who took me to this wonderful evening. Congratulations to everyone involved, it was a wonderful evening. 😺👍

24/05/2026

Sometimes during transfers of multiple archives, I lose track of the state of alignment of the machines, especially after a day off. So here’s a little cool slider to remind myself. This way, I save my precious MRL alignment tapes from a few unnecessary plays and I immediately know if I can freely twist and turn the pots.

MRL alignment: a “standard” alignment of analog tape machines for tapes where alignment tones (1k, 10k, 100 or 50Hz and sometimes Dolby) are absent, or where the alignment to use is unknown. This way it van be a starting point and usually “in the ballpark”. MRL is the brand of these alignment tapes and stands for Magnetic Reference Laboratory. 😸✌️

14/04/2026

Last week I attended the presentation of this wonderful book: “Top Hole Records – 46 Jaar Eigenwijs“ (46 Years of Stubbornness). A beautifully written and designed publication by Jan Schlimbach and Jos Haijer, about the history and ups and downs of the indie label Top Hole — the label owned by Jos Haijer since 1980, for which I’ve been doing digitization and remastering work for about 15 years now. The final editing of the book was done by Wouter Bessels, with whom I often collaborate on beautiful re-releases.
Many artists are featured in it: Social Security, Weekend At Waikiki, The Toilets, Da Klute, La Danza Moderna, De Raggende Manne, and many others. It also includes, for instance, producer Michiel Hoogenboezem, who did his very first productions for that label. And then, on page 178, there I suddenly am — with an interview and photos of my face and studio! I’m honored! Now everyone, head to the bookstore!

24/03/2026

This one came a looong way! Recorded in New Zealand in 1983 on this grandfather of home recording: the Teac 144 from 1979. The very first Portastudio. Four track on cassette at hi-speed (3,75ips) using Dolby B. The only porta to my knowledge using Dolby instead of the in later models featured DBX. Built like a tank and running like a charm. In this case, they used it as a 2tr master recorder on track 1 & 2. Tape flip included. 😸👌

22/02/2026

Yesterday I teamed up with my German friend and colleague Thomas Körffer of to transfer some very legendary 1inch 4-track tapes from 1969. A format so rare in The Netherlands, I don’t have it myself. He has the perfect headstack on his 1inch Studer A80 to transfer these tapes. Always a pleasure to help each other out and join hands on missing formats. Enjoying his new coffee machine and Dutch stroopwafels! ❤️

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