Wow so cool to see RCA's original tapes and cue sheets of the immortal Reiner recordings from the Golden Age, that's like the Holy Grail of mag tape. My original copy of LSC 2436 Pines of Rome is a Indy plant 1s/1s, found at a flea market near Indianapolis. Guess it pays to dig in those piles of old LPs - the price was fifty cents and except for a small "bubble" the condition was close to mint.
Great video. It's amazing that we can see these behind-the-scenes procedures. thanks for sharing. But Chad... HOLD THE PHONE HORIZONTALLY WHEN MAKING A VIDEO FOR TH-cam!.
I have three of the AP SACD's and one of the gold CD's from the Living Stereo Classical releases and they all sound just fantastic. I also own some of the original 90's RCA Living Stereo classical releases and those sound great as well. I'll be buying more of both series. I see that some of these titles will be seeing release by AP on LP and SACD in the coming months. Great look back at Ryan K Smith's mastering talent.
If the 1/4” were stored as pancakes for a long time I would suggest getting some flanges onto them asap… the pack just doesn’t seem to want to hold its shape after 60+ years. Spent all of December putting back together scotch 111 masters that came apart all over the place, don’t even ask!! Very easily avoidable problem for the $20 or so it’ll cost you for the hardware.
Ryan has mastered some of the best sounding vinyl records that I've heard. But for CD (or digital) mastering I've never heard better compact discs that the ones that were mastered by Nimbus (UK).
Love seeing this process but wish they'd show how they transfer it to DSD for the SACD releases. But notice Ryan WAS using a digital recording of the master tape he made for REFERENCE and not a VINYL record! Go figure! Was that the DSD file he recorded? Digital is supreme to vinyl! Proof right there!
I used to ask why would they make a 15 ips master when a 30 ips is technically better? I heard some folks say that the 15 ips has better low frequency (bass) response!
Wow so cool to see RCA's original tapes and cue sheets of the immortal Reiner recordings from the Golden Age, that's like the Holy Grail of mag tape.
My original copy of LSC 2436 Pines of Rome is a Indy plant 1s/1s, found at a flea market near Indianapolis. Guess it pays to dig in those piles of old LPs - the price was fifty cents and except for a small "bubble" the condition was close to mint.
I love these videos, please upload more for the people like me who did not watch them.
So very cool to see you dealing/working with "music history." 👍
These behind the scenes videos are amazing, there is so much work that goes onto your lps Chad. Looking forward to some 2022 announcements.
I have several Scotch tapes from the 1950's that still play great.
Shout out Ryan K. Smith! Awesome work! Keep them comin'
Great video. It's amazing that we can see these behind-the-scenes procedures. thanks for sharing. But Chad... HOLD THE PHONE HORIZONTALLY WHEN MAKING A VIDEO FOR TH-cam!.
When the subject are about master tapes & analog music- there’s nothing to say but listen. Digging this video!
AWESOME VIDEO! Super Cool! Love you CHAD! Acoustic Sounds for life
That was great. Wish the video was in stereo for listening to the LCR playback. Thank you Chad and Ryan for sharing!
I am actually collecting vinyl records with RKS STERLING in the run-out groove^
I have three of the AP SACD's and one of the gold CD's from the Living Stereo Classical releases and they all sound just fantastic. I also own some of the original 90's RCA Living Stereo classical releases and those sound great as well. I'll be buying more of both series. I see that some of these titles will be seeing release by AP on LP and SACD in the coming months. Great look back at Ryan K Smith's mastering talent.
Thank you so much for this!
Master Class!
Very cool!
Great
If the 1/4” were stored as pancakes for a long time I would suggest getting some flanges onto them asap… the pack just doesn’t seem to want to hold its shape after 60+ years. Spent all of December putting back together scotch 111 masters that came apart all over the place, don’t even ask!! Very easily avoidable problem for the $20 or so it’ll cost you for the hardware.
Very interesting
My question is where are all the master tapes being stored at from the drifferent companys?
Can we not bother Mr. RKS in Nashville and get a new vid? :) Watched this vid several times before.
Ryan has mastered some of the best sounding vinyl records that I've heard. But for CD (or digital) mastering I've never heard better compact discs that the ones that were mastered by Nimbus (UK).
Nimbus also did great vinyl mastering before the digital stuff .
@@paulbangash4317 yeah, that's true !
I wish I could afford tape! I can barely handle the price of keeping a good record system!
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Love seeing this process but wish they'd show how they transfer it to DSD for the SACD releases. But notice Ryan WAS using a digital recording of the master tape he made for REFERENCE and not a VINYL record! Go figure! Was that the DSD file he recorded? Digital is supreme to vinyl! Proof right there!
That's only to preview the EQ choices during mastering, without running the tape so many times.Ryan has mentioned this many times in different videos.
When was this filmed?
2017
I used to ask why would they make a 15 ips master when a 30 ips is technically better? I heard some folks say that the 15 ips has better low frequency (bass) response!
This is correct.
I'd be afraid to play it without the flang on it!
Why is the camera oriented portrait @6:45? It should be landscape