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The reason for a 2.0 version of the free compare formats sampler:
We have been made aware by the good folks here at Audio Science Review that our
Test your DAC! Free Format Comparison sampler contained some strange artifacts.
Founder/Admin Amirm has taken the trouble to analyze our free comparison sampler and while he noted that the first 40 seconds were perfectly clean and with musical information all across the bandwidth, the moment the voice entered all kinds of “dirt” showed up in the very high frequencies.
The track we used for the sampler; A Fool For You, is taken from the album;
“Carmen Gomes Sings The Blues”. The album was recorded live in MCO studio 2.
The recording was a collaboration with Rhapsody Analogue Recordings (RAR).
We recorded in DXD 352,8khz and RAR recorded simultaneously to a Studer A80 Reel to Reel tape machine.
We used the same set of microphones but split the signals sending them both to our DXD workstation as well as to a Studer analogue mixer, where the signals were mixed using various vintage analogue equipment.
We liked the color the vintage equipment added to the voice and decided to record that track as well. That is the vocal track we used for the initial mix.
But as Amirm research shows, apparently this signal chain generated some high frequency noise.
Anyway, we have gone back and reopened the DXD multitrack session and made a new mix using the track that went straight to DXD. We tried (and succeeded quite well) in recreating the sound the analogue vintage equipment added to the voice by using the tools we have in our digital workstation. But now without added high frequency noise.
As it says in the About Us text on the SOUND LIAISON site our goal is to build a bridge (liaison) between the studio (engineer and musicians) and the people who love to listen to beautiful music using high quality audio equipment, so we are very grateful that Amirm has taken the time to give us feedback on this recording.
We have been made aware by the good folks here at Audio Science Review that our
Test your DAC! Free Format Comparison sampler contained some strange artifacts.
Founder/Admin Amirm has taken the trouble to analyze our free comparison sampler and while he noted that the first 40 seconds were perfectly clean and with musical information all across the bandwidth, the moment the voice entered all kinds of “dirt” showed up in the very high frequencies.
The track we used for the sampler; A Fool For You, is taken from the album;
“Carmen Gomes Sings The Blues”. The album was recorded live in MCO studio 2.
The recording was a collaboration with Rhapsody Analogue Recordings (RAR).
We recorded in DXD 352,8khz and RAR recorded simultaneously to a Studer A80 Reel to Reel tape machine.
We used the same set of microphones but split the signals sending them both to our DXD workstation as well as to a Studer analogue mixer, where the signals were mixed using various vintage analogue equipment.
We liked the color the vintage equipment added to the voice and decided to record that track as well. That is the vocal track we used for the initial mix.
But as Amirm research shows, apparently this signal chain generated some high frequency noise.
Anyway, we have gone back and reopened the DXD multitrack session and made a new mix using the track that went straight to DXD. We tried (and succeeded quite well) in recreating the sound the analogue vintage equipment added to the voice by using the tools we have in our digital workstation. But now without added high frequency noise.
As it says in the About Us text on the SOUND LIAISON site our goal is to build a bridge (liaison) between the studio (engineer and musicians) and the people who love to listen to beautiful music using high quality audio equipment, so we are very grateful that Amirm has taken the time to give us feedback on this recording.