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As an update to the folks here that want to know about the Jennifer Warnes project...it is moving ahead although much slower than anyone wants. There are lots of elements and approvals to deal with and our shop has been very busy with other DVDs (Wu Tang Clan, Slayer, Blues Traveler etc). The...

Just wanted to let everyone know that AIX Records will pay for the shipping on all domestic orders until the end of the year. We've got four new titles available and Paul Williams is going to finished soon. Thanks for all of the support...the word is definitely getting around. Mark

It's another Saturday morning and I'm about to get busy mixing the 5.1 tracks for our "Surf City All-Stars" project (big surf guitars including "Skunk" Baxter of Stelly Dan and Dean Torannce of Jan and Dean) but saw my name mentioned in the above thread. I apologize to Lee and John if my...

Our Surrounded by Christmas DVD-Audio/Video title doesn't have any vocals...it's a quintet of five players doing jazzy arrangements of familiar tunes. The band features Laurence Juber - guitar, Jim Cox - piano, Leland Sklar - bass, Steve Forman - percussion and John Ferraro - drums. As usual, we...

Thanks for the note about the Surrounded By Christmas disc...I know it's a holiday specific product, but I absolutely love the arrangements and performances. Things continue to ramp up here at AIX Records...the arrival of the new Acura TL with DVD-Audio system has me fired up. It's time to turn...

I had the chance to spend some time in my studio with Warren a few years ago. We were discussing the merits or failings of surround sound during some playbacks of AIX orchestral stuff. I was amazed at his musical insights and learned that he had studied with Robert Craft who was in turn...

Ron and all, Laurence Juber is one of those rare musicians that is capable of absolutely amazing virtuosity AND compositional/musical sensitivity. So many guitarist merely repeat motives or licks...LJ has the intelligence to write and arrange without falling into cliches. It was those...

I've been extremely busy with new productions and lots or work for other labels...mostly DVD-Video and 5.1 music preparation, but a few DVD-Audios for WB. As far as the DVD-Plus hybrid goes, it's true that WB is ready to go. I have copies of my own projects lined up and ready to go. These...

Indulge a quick recollection...Wesley Willis recorded an album in my studio some years back for Olgio Records. What an incredible experience it was, the Casio pumping out the programmed beat and Wesley singing at the top of his lungs... It's always sad to lose such an original voice, but...

I'm in agreement with the idea of great sounding recordings being the bottomline. And for me, as is obvious from looking at my catalog, it's not a requirement to have a big name in order to create a great product. Remember Nitty Gritty Surround took the top honors over Queen and The Who at last...

I'm sorry to be "stirring the pot", I just find it frustrating that so much mystery surrounds the issuance of high-resolution titles. And it's not only the SACD camp...I have personally taken tracks from a CD, extracted them to 5.1, upsampled to 96/24 and given them to another DVD-Audio house...

A posting on the SurSound list asserts that James Guthrie mixed DSOTM in 5.1 to 96 kHz/24-bit PCM for the SACD. The only direct DSD recording was the 2.0. Very curious...

The KISS Symphony DVD project was completed and put special FEDEX to London...another deadline complete. A couple of answers for Lee... We use a combination of converters: my favorite is the Model-2 from Pacific Microsonics...a beautiful piece of equipment with a terrific ability to...

I chringe every time I hear someone elevate analog recording to audio perfection status. Returning to restricted dynamic range, background hiss, wow and flutter, inter-channel distortion and limited frequency range are not my idea of ultimate audio.

Lee is a regular contributor and his input is welcome...it is inappropriate and unfair to question his credentials and motives. Let's move past that... My frustrations stem from postings that position opinion as facts. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and is free to express them...

Lee, I'm heavily in the middle of several productions with deadlines but here's my comments on the world of upsampling. When something is digitized, be it analog audio or analog film, the resolution of the capture is forever locked according to the density of the information acquired...

A couple of additional thoughts and then back to the completion of the new Kiss double DVD (yes, we do have to make a living from some less than audiophile work!)

Thanks for the welcome back Mike...it really has been crazy over these past few months. Our target is to produce three new titles per months (inbetween doing the audio and DVD production for Anthrax, Sammy Hagar, The Allman Bros, Government Mule, Kiss, Nazareth and lots of others). For the...

I've been busily producing NEW high-resolution recordings ove the the past few months and haven't frequented this forum as much as I perhaps should. I gues I shouldn't find it surprising that Lee is still here pushing that "audiophile labels" and "professional engineers" favor DSD...it's simply...

John, Many of the current hybrid players (SACD and DVD-Audio) convert the direct stream digital signal into a PCM signal prior to converting it to analog. This is not the optimal delivery for an SACD. Denon has assured me that they will be treating the DSD as a native stream and not...

Lee, Your characterization of my posting and intent misses the mark...again. It is well know that I prefer and support the issuance of high-resolution, multichannel PCM audio because it is the only technology that is robust enough (multichannel decks, processors, tools etc), that allows me to...

Adam is the guy behind the music videos...and a lot of the groups look and feel. Very dark!

Nice to see such praise for an incredible band...I had the chance to work with Adam and Danny on the collection of music videos that we produced with them for DVD. It's an amazing release...check out the videos if you haven't seen them. Very creative, very cool guys.

Reggie, I spoke to the product specialist the other day about my Denon 9000 and he informed me that the high end Denon "universal" player will be available about the time of CEDIA...September. I think I've got that right...although I'm not sure of the model number. He did tell me that they've...

Nick, I have heard the DSOTM according to James Guthrie on my own SACD player...yes I own one, although not a great one. The mixes are very good and the sound excellent...I'm just the guy that wants to make new efforts with new equipment. The disc will definitely come out on DVD-Audio...

I forgot to include the link...sorry! Guthrie Comments and Rebuttal

Or Pink fans might want to wait until the DVD-Audio version is released and forego the additional purchase of an SACD player. They will get the great 5.1 mixes AND all of the cool extras. BTW Stuart Robinson of High Fidelity Review posted an article that rebutes the comments made by James...

I thought it might be of interest to those assembled here that DSOTM will also be issued as a DVD-Audio discs by EMI sometime later this year. This is reliable information as it came directly from the company...that's about all I can say at this point. With UMG and BMG now firmly committed to...

Lee et al, The DSOTM item is true and not a cruel April Fool's Joke, I wouldn't do that. The information is reliable as it came from one of the movers and shakers inside of EMI's DVD-Audio effort. We are both correct regarding the current limitations of multitrack DSD machines. The Sonoma...