Professional Service for Converting DAT Tapes to Digital
When we received DAT tapes they usually come from audiophiles who appreciated this short lived, but extremely high quality recording format. We only transfer on the highest quality decks from vendors like Sony, and offer a plethora of options, ranging from simple transfers to .mp3 for easy listening, to 24 bit .wav files with advance sound editing for discerning clients with important recordings. Whatever your situation, we’ll provide cost effective, high quality DAT digitizing that suits your needs.
ERIC, JENNIFER, & WINSTON
Our ultimate goal is to make your best memories EverPresent in your life. Digitizing degrading photos and home movies is a necessary first step. Once your memories are safely digital, a world of searchable family archives and storytelling keepsakes are suddenly possible! We look forward to working with you.
Why Families & Institutions Nationwide Choose EverPresent
- Value: The size of our company allows us to provide more for less. Our digitizing is higher quality and better organized – and we offer an array of advanced services you won’t find anywhere else. Our pricing is transparent and always includes 60 days of free digital downloads and sharing.
- Convenience: Home and office pickups, over 50 local stores and easy shipping options. And unlike other companies, we embrace tedious work like transcribing written labels into your USB filenames and DVD labels so you don’t have to.
- Trust: Over 50 million memories preserved, 30+ years experience, 80+ expert technicians. Alarmed, sprinklered, camera-monitored, US-based, high-tech lab. Advanced barcode tracking and email technology to keep you updated.
- Respect: No upfront payments and no rushed decisions. Deciding whether to proceed with broken tapes, or upgrade to ProResHQ archival files or restorative tape incubation can have a real budget impact. That’s why we include a free consultation after we’ve reviewed your materials to assure you pick the right options at the right price to suit your needs.
Pricing & Options for DAT Tape Digitizing
EverPresent’s unique approach to pricing:
- Our team will walk you through the technical options in advance before you commit to anything. It’s free to get your materials to us for an estimate and there’s no upfront payment.
- We only charge for the work we do, not for a preset numbers of items. We don’t promote flashy discounts or expiring coupons. We offer volume discounts because it’s fair, and we apply them automatically.
- We offer the widest range of options and capabilities to assure your project gets what it needs, but out of respect for your budget, never more than it needs. In our business, one size rarely fits all (or fits in a box).
Ultimately, what we care about is helping families do this important project ONCE – and do it right the first time.
DAT TapesFirst 10 DAT Tapes: $30.99/tape$20.99 for tapes 11+This 40% volume discount will be applied automatically! |
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Our non-standard audio transfer service provides excellent value for most of our clients. If you are interested in advanced digitizing or organizing options, review the “Upgrades” tab on the far right for our full suite of options.
Most clients do not require these upgrades. But when you truly need to get the best out of your audio content, or you know your content is damaged or degraded, these upgrades may be considered.
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Reel-to-Reel AudioStarting at $45.99 for 3" reelsSave 10% on 10+ reelsThis bulk discount will be applied automatically! |
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Our standard reel-to-reel service provides excellent value for most of our clients. If you are interested in advanced options to get even more out of your vinyl collection, please review the “Upgrades” tab on the far right.
Vinyl RecordsFirst 10 Vinyls: $25.99/record$15.99 for 11+ recordsThis 40% volume discount will be applied automatically! |
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Our standard vinyl to digital service provides excellent value for most of our clients. If you are interested in advanced options to get even more out of your vinyl collection, please review the “Upgrades” tab on the far right.
3 easy ways to work with us:
HOME PICKUPS
Too many boxes to move on your own? Complimentary home and office pickups are offered throughout the Northeast for projects over $300.
LOCAL DROP OFFS - 60+ LOCATIONS
All readily available for convenient drop-off. See which store is closest to you. Our drivers personally transport projects to our local lab for digitizing.
FREE SHIPPING
We accept mail-in orders from across the U.S. We’ll email a pre-paid UPS label or apply a shipping credit if you ship on your own.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Old Are My Tapes?
Your DATs could be up to 30 years old as Sony debuted DAT tapes in 1987. That same year, ‘Full House‘ first aired and the search for the Loch Ness monster ended. Digital audio had already been on the market since 1982 when the compact disc (CD) came out. Competition from the CD and pushback from American record execs curbed DAT tapes‘ success. Sony eventually stopped making DAT players in 2005.
How Much Audio Fits on Them?
DAT tape capacity ranges from 15 minutes to three hours long. These tapes could be set to different recording qualities, so a low-quality recording on a two-hour tape could be longer than two hours. Likewise, elite recordings over two hours may not fit on a two-hour tape. Audio quality also affects the size of digital files, so better DAT tape recordings will take up more space on CDs and USB drives.
Where Can I Still Buy Digital Audio Tapes?
You can find these tapes and DAT recorders for sale online via eBay and Amazon. Remember that Sony DAT recorders were discontinued in 2005, so the players are at least 12 years old. If you decide to record and store audio in this format, consider backing it up to CDs and other current formats.
What If My DAT Tape Label Says DDS?
The ‘DDS‘ on your DAT tape stands for ‘Digital Data Storage.’ These DDS tapes are often longer than normal DATs as they’re made to store computer data. So they’re not compatible with most DAT tape machines.
Get an estimate on your DAT Tapes to CD conversion project!
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The links below will take you to short videos about our most popular services:
- Digitize Photos
- Video Transfer Services
- Slides to Digital
- Album & Scrapbook Scanning
- Film to Digital
- Audio Conversion
You’re in good hands! Our team has decades of experience turning millions of photos and videos into beautiful digital memories that you can share with others.
There are lots of ways to store and share the digital audio we capture from your tapes! While getting your DAT tapes digitized, you can have us transcribe the labels from your tapes and split the entire recording into separate music tracks. If you have any photos or videos, we can use your own music as the soundtrack to a video highlight reel or slideshow for you. One unique DAT tape characteristic is that they offer lossless audio recording. They can record audio without a loss in quality which sparked concerns about music piracy. So in 1992, a new tax on DAT machines and blank tapes kept them from catching on with the public. DAT’s high quality did find a home with some musicians and studios. So if you’re ready to convert your DAT tapes, you should know that these tapes were a big hit with the pros. They also yield some of the best audio that we’ve worked on.
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