Notable Quotable….Quotes

…….”It’s Audio You Can Feel”……

“Feel the impact......hear the audio purity.”

In fact, the legacy sound characteristics of the studio exudes immense clarity, analog warmth and impact. In addition, it is also rich in texture and detail, lush at times, and oft times, delivers quite an impactful ‘wallop’ drawing from those rich embellishments laid down in the disc groove years ago and that helps make for an engaging listen. And finally, it is a very organic and proper sound that just so happens to be a sound that is very natural to the human ear. Further, the sound is a direct digital derivative of this, oft times, very profound analog sound otherwise known as the ‘master cut-to-disc’ sound that was originally(and intentionally) crafted specifically for what turned out to be the very controlled environment of a grooved disc that contained extremely tight thresholds that had to be adhered to.

And so now, since technology allows us to exploit this sound to its fullest, finding the right special-select legacy pressing of this very same, specially crafted and engineered, master cut-to-disc sound of a legacy recording becomes all the more critical. And it takes a high degree of specialization from a studio that knows how to find and recognize it when it is located. Once found, these special-select legacy pressings should be forever marked and declared ‘masters’ by the industry and preserved accordingly. We think we’ve more than made the case and so it is up to those individuals in the industry to recognize it for what it is and take appropriate action where needed.

It bears repeating that this was not just any sound that was engineered at an unprecedented time but, in fact, it was a very special sound that come along at the right time when multiple industries came together for the first time(something that is miraculous by itself) to produce it during this incredible and prolific era of music production and reproduction unseen since.

And as a result, we now recognize the era as far exceeding anyone’s expectations at the time and it remains to this day unprecedented in terms of what was achieved. And so on top of all of that, to think that today we are still peeling back these levels of complexity and uncovering more of the totality and fullness of this special sound to be made accessible in today’s digital age. And this studio believes the time is now for this sound to re-emerge, only now even better because of what digital technology can do with it. And so the studio is poised and positioned to take advantage and excited to see what the future holds for it.

“Because working from the right pressing matters.”

…….”Connecting With The Music”……

“Shouldn't all our digitized legacy recordings sound this way in today's digital age of mainstream legacy music?“

Achieving true and proper, high fidelity sound, digitally, from special-select, original legacy pressings. A sound that we seem to connect with the best - the master cut-to-disc sound. In fact, the sound is so agreeable and a ‘natural fit’ to our human ears and it seems to check all the boxes, now that technology affords it to be professionally produced this way.

…….”The Total Digital Conversion Equation”……

“Could it be that digitally converting from just the master tape of a legacy recording is only part of the ‘total digital conversion equation’”?

This really applies to the use of these digital translations from an alternative source to be used for Referencing purposes by the studios when performing their legacy recording conversions as a ‘checks and balance’ measure, more than anything. Since mastering engineers perform referencing tasks as part of a conversion process, to have these readily accessible for comparison as well, would only add value.

A thorough comparative/analytical critical listening experiment as part of a semester senior project in college shed some light on why it could add value to include them. In addition, the studio recently spent an entire year examining the original master cut-to-disc sound from the legacy era and then fine tuning the studio. It was a massive undertaking that involved procuring several hundred, carefully chosen, special-select legacy pressings and singling out the ones that had ‘the most to give’ in order to then have them run through the studio. The results were then compiled and used to not only get a better handle on the legacy sound itself but also to fine tune the various pieces and parts of the post-production process of the studio in order to get the most out of ‘the potential that lies within’.

…….”The Potential That Lies Within”……

This studio(and others like it) has the potential to help the big studios produce what can serve to re-energize the mainstream digital legacy market when it comes to digitally converting our treasured legacy recordings. And so when we start talking about the potential that lies within, words such as ‘transformative and re-energize’ start to enter the conversation. And as already pointed out, the evidence seems to suggest the same. And we are relying on our incredible mastering engineers to finish the legwork we provide for them.

…….”Hearing Is Believing”……

One sure way to do that is to spend a few minutes on the studio’s audio portfolio page and then listen to the various audio selections. You’ll be glad you did.

Studio Owner and Legacy Sound Craftsman, Jeff Brown