Audio-Visual Archives

Specialties

«Record and preserve your history.»

This exciting work includes both «Capturing arts, ideas, and events» as in # 1, or «converting analog recordings to digital archives», as in #2.

1. Recording & Production Services/​Live Videography of:

A. Presentations – lectures, conferences, etc.

B. Performances – live theater, music, dance.

C. Events – Sports, Weddings, Memorial & religious services.

D. Documentary Services – interviews & Oral Histories incorporating Archival Materials & Footage

2. Archiving & Re-​production Services:

A. Film-​to-​Video Transfer:

8 mm, Super 8, and 16 mm formats

B. Analog Video to Digital & DVD:

VHS, Super VHS, VHS-​C, «U-​Matic,

Hi 8, Video 8 mm„ Mini DV, and HDV.

C. Analog Audio to Digital & CD:

Reel-​to-​Reel & cassette tape formats;

Vinyl records, DAT, miniDisk.

D. Slides & Photos Converted to Digital:

Hi-​res image scanning.

Extensive post & restoration services available.

History

Established in 1995.

Audio-​Visual Archives was founded in 1995 by Steve Unkles. As a recording service, Audio-​Visual Archives’ original mission was, and still is, to «capture arts, ideas, and events» as audio and video. As digital technology advanced, the company also began archiving the past by restoring and consolidating analog recordings into new digital media.

Digital processes and technology continue to revolutionize the production possibilities for new content. However, the same breakthroughs and advances in digital are also enabling older analogue formats to be archived with greater precision and longevity. Add to that the new restoration capabilities, lower cost, and world-​wide easy access through the internet – and there’s never been a better time to archive the old and create the new.

Make History!

–Steve Unkles, founder

Meet the Business Owner

Steve U.

Business Owner

Steve Unkles has always had a fascination with stories, images, and ideas. «To capture them and re-​present them as well as I possibly can for others is very rewarding». His professional career in media began with his studies at The American University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Audio Technology in 1987. Having more interest in education than working in the music industry, Steve first worked at Boston University, and then in other academic and professional settings providing media support and production services. A series of artistic and professional audio, film, and video projects lead him to dedicate his life’s work to the creation and archiving of recorded media as embodied in Audio-​Visual Archives.