About
Friedalive has been the leader in classic unreleased underground rock and roll recordings since 1995. Our classic audio and video restorations are also first class. Our archive is immaculate and our quality is superior. You wanted the best, you got the best.
Home of the lost classics!
Vinyl Transfers are made this way:
Technics SL-D20
Shure P-Mount Cart with new JICO VN5xMR Stylus
Presonus Bluetube pre-RIAA curve
M-Audio Profire 2626 Firewire 192 / 24 AD/DA Converter – Record at 96k
Reaper to record and edit
Plugins: RIAA Curve, Universal Audio Pultec Pro (No EQ), Cambridge EQ (top/low shelf only), Precision Limiter (for volume boost 20db. No limiting)
Izotope RX for cleaning and clicking
Dither to 44.1 / 16 for FLAC
Final Result: Beautiful natural sound
We’re looking for vinyl donations for us to transfer – bootleg originals – Zep, Sab, Kiss, Deep Purple, More… We’ll pay return shipping. Please email us at friedalive@punkrockmail.com for more details.