mikenyc
12-05-2002, 09:51 PM
Courtesy of medialinenews.com...
Airshow Mastering Publishes Guide to SACD
Dec. 5, 2002 (Boulder, CO) -- Airshow Mastering has published the first comprehensive guide to producing Super Audio CDs (SACDs). Intended to help artists and producers make optimal use of the new high-resolution format, The Artist's and Producer's Guide to SACD is available for free at the Airshow website.
"We saw a need to help producers understand how making a SACD differs from making a CD," explained David Glasser, Airshow's chief engineer. "Quality control, getting reference discs for approval, the manufacturing timeline, and even test pressing are some of the important things that are different. Plus, there are the entirely new dimensions of multichannel audio, text publishing and authoring. So we combined the experience of our engineers with that of our SACD clients to produce a soup-to-nuts guide to creating SACDs."
Airshow has worked on 80 SACDs to date, including a surround reissue of Mike Oldfield's epochal 1973 New Age hit, Tubular Bells (EMI). Airshow has mastered SACD releases for leading audiophile labels Telarc, Delos and Groove Note, and for such noted independent artists as flutist, Herbie Mann. "In the past year, we've seen a dramatic increase in the number of SACD titles being mixed and mastered in surround," added Glasser. "We've also seen SACD spawning new boutique labels, such a Artegra and CAVI, which see an opportunity to enter the market with the kind of high-quality sound made possible by SACD."
Airshow Mastering
888-545-9035
www.airshowmastering.com
Airshow Mastering Publishes Guide to SACD
Dec. 5, 2002 (Boulder, CO) -- Airshow Mastering has published the first comprehensive guide to producing Super Audio CDs (SACDs). Intended to help artists and producers make optimal use of the new high-resolution format, The Artist's and Producer's Guide to SACD is available for free at the Airshow website.
"We saw a need to help producers understand how making a SACD differs from making a CD," explained David Glasser, Airshow's chief engineer. "Quality control, getting reference discs for approval, the manufacturing timeline, and even test pressing are some of the important things that are different. Plus, there are the entirely new dimensions of multichannel audio, text publishing and authoring. So we combined the experience of our engineers with that of our SACD clients to produce a soup-to-nuts guide to creating SACDs."
Airshow has worked on 80 SACDs to date, including a surround reissue of Mike Oldfield's epochal 1973 New Age hit, Tubular Bells (EMI). Airshow has mastered SACD releases for leading audiophile labels Telarc, Delos and Groove Note, and for such noted independent artists as flutist, Herbie Mann. "In the past year, we've seen a dramatic increase in the number of SACD titles being mixed and mastered in surround," added Glasser. "We've also seen SACD spawning new boutique labels, such a Artegra and CAVI, which see an opportunity to enter the market with the kind of high-quality sound made possible by SACD."
Airshow Mastering
888-545-9035
www.airshowmastering.com