At W. Cardone Productions our business is to work with legacy audio/visual equipment. By definition, that means equipment that was manufactured for a different age. As a consequence, on rare occasions we run into glitches as in the present case. We recently acquired a project from a local radio ... Read More »
Techniques and Practices
Commercial Audio Duplication to Digital Project
At W. Cardone Productions our typical audio duplication to digital project comes to us from consumers. It might be a set of three or four audio cassettes of varied family events from yesteryear. Each cassette must be captured in real time. Let's assume that each is a 90 minute cassette. The capture ... Read More »
Design Your Own titles
W. Cardone Productions introduces something revolutionary in the legacy duplication to digital industry—truly custom titles. The concept is simple. We supply the client with a Microsoft PowerPoint template file having slides that are the precise size needed for placement on a 1080p sequence ... Read More »
What’s All This Dust Stuff On My Slides, Anyhow?
Have you ever wondered what microscopic dust might be present on your family heirloom 35mm slides? When you hold one up to the light it appears to be the image of purity with no debris whatsoever. But what do you suppose you would see if you held the 35mm slide under a microscope or...put it in a ... Read More »
Frame-by-Frame–What is it, Anyhow?
Home movie film, of course, is merely a collection of hundreds of still pictures taken about 55 milliseconds apart or 18 frames per second (fps). When played back at that same speed, there is an illusion of fluid motion-preserving for future viewers memories from that event where the film was ... Read More »
What’s All This “Dirty Power” Stuff, Anyhow?
How can it be that our typical North American residential (and certainly industrial) AC power mains can be dirty? What is this so-called "dirt," where does it come from, and is it something that affects me? Are there any health issues concerning electrical dirt? How about a little hint up front ... Read More »
