Next up is a transfer of a test pressing I recently acquired of a 1979 album by sarod maser Ashish Khan and his brother tabla maestro Pranesh Khan.
Test pressings are manufactured as an example to be approved by the various parties (label head, division head, engineer, artist). If there are issues with the record, they are identified and addressed at the test pressing stage. Occasionally a new master must be made to correct an issue; usually they are approved.
Most of the time a very small number are made -- certainly fewer than 10 copies. Because they are the copies that are first off the presses using the stampers with the least amount of wear, they are often coveted as being the best-sounding LPs of an edition. More information about these types of pressings can be found here.
Equipment used in this transfer:
Preparation: Ultrasonic cleaning for 10 minutes in clean water.
Turntable: Technics SL-1200
Cartridge: Audio-technica VM540ML
Phono Pre-amp: Parks Audio Puffin
Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 96kHz resolution
Software: Audacity, iZotope RX 10 Elements, and xAct.
No comments:
Post a Comment