North
Coast Audio and Video
Bruce Forster, Chief Engineer 503-325-7161 ebxrocks@yahoo.com
Audio CD and Super Audio Compact Disc Enhancement
VHS, DVT and BETA Tapes to DVD
Special DVD Archiving Services
An Ineterview With Chief Engineer Bruce Forster
Have your vinyl records, cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes and even 8 track tapes converted to CD. We can convert virtually any media to any format.
Protect your music treasures by archiving them.
Our EBX enhancement brings out hidden audio that will amaze you, turning any CD player into a quality home theater.
If you want to enhance and preserve your recordings, back up your music & video files, and save space, contact us now!
Audio and Super Audio Compact Disc Enhancement
This is digital audio enhancement in Ebx, Enhanced Bandwidth Expansion. Ebx enhancement is compatible with all CD, mp3, Windows Media Audio and DVD formats. We "clean up" muddy or flat sounding recordings and transfer the improved and enhanced audio to the CD or DVD-Audio disc. Ebx digital enhancement is our promise that every CD and DVD we create for you will take you to a new level of listening enjoyment. You simply cannot achieve audio perfection any other way.
Free Demonstrations are Available.
Media
ConversionMedia we can convert from:
Vinyl Records, Cassette Tape, Reel to Teel Tape, 8 Track Tape, CD, HDCD, XRCD, SACD, DVD, DVDRW, DVD-A, VHS, DVT, BETA, Minidisc, mp3, Wimdows Media, VHS, DVT, and BETA tapes.
Media we can convert to:
CDR, CDRW, HDCD, HRCD, DVD, DVDRW, DVD -Audio, VHS, DVT, BETA, Cassette Tape, Minidisc, mp3, Windows Media.
Pricing:
Our pricing is flexible to meet the needs of our customers in this ever-challenging economy. Please call or e-mail for pricing.
All audio media can be converted to car-player-compatible DVD-Audio
VHS, DVT and BETA Tapes to DVD
Weddings, birthday parties, graduations, your favorite old TV shows. We 'clean up' most audio related issues on your tapes and transfer the improved signal onto DVD for permanent archiving.
Many car DVD players will only play Video DVDs. We have a proprietary process which allows our DVD music discs to work on all car DVD systems, regardless of make, model, or published manufacturer limitations! In other words, our music-only DVDs will play on ANY CAR DVD player.
MP3 CDs can store roughly 5 hours of music. Our DVD-Audio discs will store 8 hours of music. Enjoy the convenience of our extended play DVDs in your DVD equiped auto.
Special DVD Archiving Services
We can convert music CDs to digitally enhanced DVD audio; 8 hours of DVD-audio music can be put on ONE disc! Using mp3 files, 40 hours of music can be stored on one DVD!Dozens of your favorite recordings can be stored in this small space! Individual folders can then be down-converted back to audio CD or mp3/Windows Media files for use on other players. If your iPod is lost or stolen, or your computer crashes, this is a lifesaver.
CD skip removal, call for prices.
If you live in the Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside area of Northwest Oregon your disc will be picked up, enhanced and delivered the next day. If not, please send a SASE, CD-DVD safe shipping container and money order to:
North Coast Audio & Video, P.O. Box 1101 Warrenton, Or . 97146
- "I can't believe the results I'm getting with Ebx! The difference is amazing!" - Ed Hortsch, Sound Technician, Astoria, Oregon.
- "I heard a violin part I didn't even know was in there!" - Bobby Horton, Alabama musician who has provided musical scores for Documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns.
- "What did you do?! He makes James Earl Jones sound more like James Earl Jones!" - RADM Stephen W. Rochon, USCG Ret. Executive in charge of production for the documentary film "The Voice of Gladdened Hearts."
- I have had a PAL formatted DVD for three years of my favorite musical
artist & no way to play it. This particular DVD was never released
on NTSC format so there was no way I could ever view it, until I found
Bruce Forster. He was able to convert my PAL formatted disc into NTSC
so I could view it on my DVD players at home. Thank you Bruce, I couldn't
be more satisfied.
Edwin Wood
Audiophile with over 70 concerts on DVD, 700+ LPs, 1,200+ CDs, 180 mega bites of MP3s, 700+ LPs, 400+ cassettes & yes I even have 50 or so 8 tracks.
Astoria, OR
An Interview With Bruce Forster
By Bob Duke as printed in The Daily Astorian
Bruce
Forster possesses a special ability. Able to zero in on specific sounds
and tonal qualities, he can bring them to the front digitally and greatly
improve the performance of any audio medium. This ability translates into
greater music appreciation for all, and has great implications for the
hearing impaired and tone challenged. He meets customers at requested
locations by appointment. Call from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
503-325-7161
Tell us about North Coast Audio and Video
"I convert almost any audio and video medium to another, such as
from vinyl records, 33, 45 and 78 rpm to CD and DVD technology. I can
take a collection of old Beta tapes and transfer them to enhanced audio
DVD's and even reel-to-reel tapes to other media. I can convert music
CD's to digitally enhanced DVD audio and I back-up and archive music files
by making an 8 hour DVD that will hold an artist's entire catalog on one
disc. Several artist's entire libraries can be put on one 40 hour mp3
DVD. The music DVD can be played on automobile DVD only players. People
who have usb driven turntables have the ability to convert records to
CDs, but the software, while helpful, is severely limited. I can clean
up muddy or flat sounding recordings and transfer the improved and enhanced
audio to the CD or DVD-Audio disc. This process is a substantial improvement
over the commercial software presently available to the consumer. All
of this is done using EBX enhancement that improves the media's performance."
What is EBX enhancement?
"I have known all my life that commercially available recordings
are not made to their full potential. You can only hear 50 to 70 percent
of the material on a music CD. I can overcome that problem using EBX,
or Enhanced Bandwith Expansion. I figured this out in 1999 by accident.
I was repairing a mini-disc recorder and when I put it back together I
made a mistake in reassembly and as a consequence I heard additional information
I didn't know was on the disc. So I began studying how bit mapping works.
Once I came to an intimate understanding of how CD's are encoded I developed
a method of bringing all that information to the surface. EBX is compatible
with all CD, mp3, Windows Media and DVD formats. I can also make customized
media for people with hearing issues."
How do you do this?
"I have Asperger Syndrom. It is a form of autism that for me affects
communication skills. I have different audio sensory wiring. I can be
in a room with 50 people and I can zero in on just two people and separate
their conversation. I can make customized media for people with partial
hearing loss by emphasizing sounds for their individual situation. Sometimes
the music CD I create sounds just terrible to a person with normal hearing
but the hearing impaired person thinks it sounds great. When I enhance
audio I can enhance the entire spectrum."
Do you run into copyright problems?
"I do not violate copyright laws. You are allowed one archival copy
of a piece you own. I have presented the results of my work at consumer
electronics shows in Las Vegas. When someone brings me videos of weddings,
or music DVDs they have made, I can clean up the audio and put the video
on DVD for full distribution. Local songwriters and musicians bring me
their work for final mastering or re-mastering. If you have libraries
of video tapes I can transfer them to enhance DVDs as long as copyright
laws are obeyed."
What has your volume of business been like?
"It fluctuates quite a bit from month-to-month, but some months I
gross over $1,000. I do all the mastering for musician Bobby Horton. I
did his last 8 CDs. He is an Alabama musician who has provided musical
scores for documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns. I also worked with the voice
of James Earl Jones for the US Coast Guard documentary film The Voice
of Gladdened Hearts."
