Audio-Visual Archives is a media production firm that helps individuals, organizations, and whole communities to record and preserve their history. We combine analogue reproduction with digital recording, restoration, and production technologies to create new and exciting finished products.

From vintage film and sound recordings to live presentations and interviews, the possibilities to mix, match, and create new content are virtually endless. We invite you to look around at our samples and demonstrations to develop ideas for producing your own Audio-Visual Archives. Make history!!

2-minute Overview of Audio-Visual Archives from Steve Unkles on Vimeo.

Here’s a quick list of the services we offer:

Recording & Production Services
➡  Event Videography:
Live Presentations, including:
  • Lectures, conferences, seminars
  • Focus Groups, Demonstrations, etc.
Live Performances, including:
  • Live Theater, music, and Dance
  • Concert Recording (video and/or audio)
  • Recitals, Rehearsals, Auditions, Demos
Miscellaneous Events, including:
  • Sporting Events, Weddings, Funerals
  • Real Estate & Property Inventory
  • Testimonials and Legal Depositions
  • Anything worthy of great documentation

➡  Documentary Production Services:
  • Video Interviews and Oral Histories
  • Inclusion of Archival Materials & Footage
  • Voice-over and Narration Recording
  • Soundtrack mixing & Edit-to-Picture

We offer the following professional production services
through WAVE Multimedia.

Please visit www.MakeWaves.tv for more information.


➡  Video Production Services:
  • Educational Programming
  • Tutorials and Training Programs
  • Fundraising & Promotional Pieces
  • Issue-oriented Advocacy & Awareness
  • Anything else to inform, influence and
    inspire your audience.
➡  Audio Production Services:
  • Audiobooks and Audio Seminars
  • Radio Programming and Advertising
  • Sound-for-Picture; Boom & Ambient
    recording
  • Dialogue sync, Foley & soundtrack editing
  • Small (Acoustic) Music Projects
Archiving & Re-production Services
➡  Telecine Film-to-Video Transfer:
  • 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm formats
  • Sound & Silent Films, Optical & Magnetic
  • 15, 16, 18, 20, & 24 FPS (frames per second)
  • Speed & Pitch Correction, Noise Reduction
  • Color Correction and Image Enhancement
  • Precise Operation and Quality Controls
  • Thorough Film Cleaning and Repairs
  • Edit & Integrate w/Other Content (Photos, etc.)
  • Optional Music, Narration, and Graphics
  • Choice of Output Formats--DVD, Web, etc.
➡  Analogue Videotape to Digital and DVD:
  • VHS, Super VHS, VHS-C, ¾” U-Matic, Digital 8, Hi 8, Video 8mm, , Mini DV, and HDV Formats
  • Choice of services to meet various needs & budgets
  • Professional grade playback & processing throughout
  • All operations handled by a skilled professional
  • Many features to optimize or customize results
  • Custom editing, restoration, & authoring also available
  • Output to tape, files, or (custom printed) DVDs
➡  Analogue Audio to Digital and CD:
  • Reel-to-Reel, Audio cassette, & micro cass. tape formats
  • Vinyl Records (6-12 in) @ 33 ⅓, 45, and 78 rpm speeds
  • Also DAT, Minidisc, and any other digital file format
  • Professional equipment & expertise ensures optimal results
  • Extensive editing & advanced audio restoration capabilities
  • Choice of services/workflow for specific applications & budget
➡  Slides and Photos Converted to Digital (Digitized):
  • Hi-res image scanning with optional levels of restoration
  • Archive as files, re-print, or compress for upload & sharing
  • Compile a montage slide show ; tell a story set to music
  • Try “Digital Storytelling”* with images, text, voice, and music.
* Digital Storytelling is similar to oral history, but more of an audio-visual  history, using photographs and a first person account of specific events  that tell a more concise and compelling story.
Finished Products
  • CD/DVD Authoring and Duplication
  • Artwork design, printing, and packaging
  • File transcoding and compression for the Web, etc.
  • Archival storage solutions for vintage materials

We have worked for clients in most parts of the United States and Canada, but most of our work is local and regional, including:

  • All six New England States and Upstate New York
  • Central & Western Massachusetts; Worcester & Berkshire County, Greater Boston
  • Brattleboro & southern Vermont down to Hartford and Central Connecticut
  • The Pioneer Valley: Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin County, Massachusetts
  • The cities of Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield, and Greenfield, Mass
  • The Five College Area, including Northampton and Amherst, Mass

Our Studio is located in Florence, MA (part of Northampton) , with a home office in Sunderland,  to serve folks up and down and either side of the Connecticut River Valley.