Hey there! Steve Melnick here, owner of Scan A Lot, LLC. If you’re like most of us, you probably have a shoebox or a dusty plastic crate tucked away in the attic filled with audio cassettes. Maybe they’re old mixtapes with handwritten tracklists, or maybe they’re...
There is a specific sound that anyone who grew up in the 70s, 80s, or 90s knows by heart: the mechanical click-clack of a cassette player’s "Play" button, followed by a faint, rhythmic hiss before the music or voices begin. Whether it was a homemade mixtape,...
For many of us, the most powerful memories aren't just seen: they are heard. It might be the specific crackle in a grandfather’s laugh, the melodic way a mother hummed while cooking, or the enthusiastic babble of a child’s first words captured on a handheld...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation Let’s take a quick trip back to the 80s and 90s. Remember the feeling of holding a pencil and winding the loose tape back into a plastic shell? Remember the precise art of waiting for the radio DJ to stop talking so you...
Most people hear the word "microfilm" and immediately picture a dark, quiet library basement, a flickering green screen, and the rhythmic thwack-thwack-thwack of a manual reel being spun by a stressed-out grad student. It feels like something out of a 1970s...
We all have that one box. It’s usually tucked away in the back of a closet, under a bed, or sitting in a humid garage. Inside that box isn’t just plastic and magnetic tape; it’s the sound of your mother’s laughter from 1984, your first garage band’s demo, or the shaky...
