Post by Owen Y on Jun 13, 2020 12:47:31 GMT 12
PS AUDIO has launched its own music label, OCTAVE RECORDS, described as...
“ a new audiophile label that supports the livelihood of musicians in a unique way”. Its debut offering is Out of Thin Air, a solo piano album by Grammy-winning Don Grusin, available as a two-disc, limited edition SACD/CD set “containing pure DSD, hi-res 192kHz/24-bit PCM and CD formats. ”
“ To support musicians, Octave covers 100% of all studio, mixing, mastering, production, distribution and marketing expenses so that artistes may directly share in retail sales revenues, while also retaining ownership of their music. ”
Octave's debut offering is Out of Thin Air, a solo piano album by Grammy-winning Don Grusin, available as a two-disc, limited edition SACD/CD set “containing pure DSD, hi-res 192kHz/24-bit PCM and CD formats”.
...recorded “live” and mixed at Grusin’s Moose Sound studio in Colorado using the Sonoma system, AEA R88 and Sanken CO-100K mics, Forsell Technologies and Integer Audio mic preamps, EMM Labs ADC8 Mk IV A/D and DAC8 Mk IV D/A converters and other state-of-the art equipment... No compression was used in the mastering...
“ We find that the Sonoma system has not only exceptional fidelity and resolution but also retains the character and ‘feel’ of analogue tape ”
(Octave engineer, Gus Skinas.)
See - PS AUDIO webpage.
Out of Thin Air is available on the Octave Records website for US$29 with free shipping within the United States and a U$15 flat rate internationally.
“ a new audiophile label that supports the livelihood of musicians in a unique way”. Its debut offering is Out of Thin Air, a solo piano album by Grammy-winning Don Grusin, available as a two-disc, limited edition SACD/CD set “containing pure DSD, hi-res 192kHz/24-bit PCM and CD formats. ”
“ To support musicians, Octave covers 100% of all studio, mixing, mastering, production, distribution and marketing expenses so that artistes may directly share in retail sales revenues, while also retaining ownership of their music. ”
Octave's debut offering is Out of Thin Air, a solo piano album by Grammy-winning Don Grusin, available as a two-disc, limited edition SACD/CD set “containing pure DSD, hi-res 192kHz/24-bit PCM and CD formats”.
...recorded “live” and mixed at Grusin’s Moose Sound studio in Colorado using the Sonoma system, AEA R88 and Sanken CO-100K mics, Forsell Technologies and Integer Audio mic preamps, EMM Labs ADC8 Mk IV A/D and DAC8 Mk IV D/A converters and other state-of-the art equipment... No compression was used in the mastering...
“ We find that the Sonoma system has not only exceptional fidelity and resolution but also retains the character and ‘feel’ of analogue tape ”
(Octave engineer, Gus Skinas.)
See - PS AUDIO webpage.
Out of Thin Air is available on the Octave Records website for US$29 with free shipping within the United States and a U$15 flat rate internationally.
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