We all have our favorite disks - the ones that we pull out to elevate our mood or to test a new system. What are yours? Please share your top 5-10 disks or LP’s. Specify enough information so that our members can find them! Either reply to this post (you must register if you haven’t […]
A couple of weeks ago, we had a very successful event at the studio of Blue Coast Records in Belmont.
I think that each of us came away with a deeper understanding of the challenges and tradeoffs that recording engineers face in bringing the live event into our lives.
Our Chief Instructor was Cookie Marenco, a primo […]
In (almost) all areas, software continues its relentless pursuit of “fixing” things.
Some would say that these “repairs” are taking some of the zest out of life. Is F-1 auto racing better because of traction control, antilock brakes, and stability augmentation?
How about music? Are perfect performances requisite for enjoyment? Is that what we want?
Some think so, […]
CNN reports that even as CD sales fade, sales of LP’s are on the rise:
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, manufacturers’ shipments of LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006 to 2007 to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17 percent during the same period to 511 million, […]
Here’s something you don’t see every day - a Honda robot conducting a live symphony (click here for the story and here for the video).
The details:
ASIMO is a 4-foot 3-inch tall robot designed by Honda Motor Co.
The robot perfectly mimicked the actions of a conductor to the Detroit Symphony
Honda spokeswoman: this may be the first […]
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Note: BAAS members are the first to know some of this info!
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Here is the list of the music we played at the demo (I think we left out #2 on the second demo):
1. Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances non allegro (RR-96)
2. Rachmaninoff etudes-tableaux march (RR-96)
3. Strauss Festival Intrada (RR-112)
4. Yerba Buena Bounce: Tickle Toe (RR-109)
5. Tafelmusik: […]
Yesterday saw over 30 BAAS members auditioning the stunning new library of high resolution (24/176) recordings based on the Reference Recordings (RR) master tapes.
The ‘BAAS Sessions’ represent the first public demonstration of the recordings and the recommended hardware to play them (based on a PC Sound card). As such, they went beyond the various previews […]