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Marc Aubort Interview
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 15, 2011  |  0 comments
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Mark Knopfler’s Comprehensive The Studio Albums 2009-2018 180g 9LP Box Set Arrives October 7
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 08, 2022  |  9 comments

In this case, going down the road wherever leads directly to your turntable. To wit: Mark Knopfler’s The Studio Albums 2009-2018, a 180g 9LP box set, will be released on October 7, 2022 by UMe/EMI. Read on for more details about who mastered it, who cut it, and what’s on it. . .

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Mark Knopler Cuts a New Song to Analog Tape
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 20, 2015  |  36 comments
A reader forwarded a new video showing Mark Knopfler, who had recorded his share of albums digitally, back in the studio recording to analog tape using tube compressors to achieve the desired sound based on sound not necessarily the latest technology.
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Masterdisk Offer Lets You Give the Valentine's Day Gift That Keeps on Giving
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 03, 2014  |  6 comments
New York City based Masterdisk has come up with a unique Valentine's Day gift.

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Mastering Engineer Bob Ludwig Recipient of dCS's First Legends Award
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 20, 2019  |  5 comments
At a ceremony in New York City during the 147th AES (Audio Engineering Society) Convention, mastering legend Bob Ludwig was given the first dCS Legends Awards. The company, best know for its line of SACD player/DACs and streaming audio DACs, has already announced upcoming recipients, many of whom were at the event to congratulate Ludwig.

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Mastering Engineer Jon Astley on The Who 14 LP Box Set Coming From MCA
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 25, 2012  |  11 comments
UMG/MCA recently announced a new 14 LP The Who studio recordings box set featuring 11 titles (Tommy and Quadrophenia were double LPs).
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Mastering in the Time of Covid-19
Michael Fremer  |  Apr 29, 2020  |  7 comments
"Tone Poet" Joe Harley sent this photo taken today at a Kevin Gray mastering session. Analog life goes on at Cohearent Audio during the Pandemic.

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Mat Test Will Include Original 96/24 File As "Baseline" Reference
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 06, 2014  |  1 comments
Thanks to an analogplanet.com reader's excellent suggestion, the blind mat test will include the original 96/24 file from which the Chasing the Dragon LP was cut. Recording engineer and label owner Mike Valentine was kind enough to send the original file of the Vivaldi "Concerto For Two Mandolins" that was used for the mat recordings.

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Mats Unmasked!
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 21, 2014  |  42 comments
Thanks to all who downloaded and listened to the same track played using 8 different mats. That's a great deal of heavy lifting, hopefully made somewhat lighter by Mike Valentine's excellent Decca tree recording of a nimble performance of Vivaldi's "Concerto For 2 Mandolins". I hope you downloaded and enjoyed the "gift" track too.

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Meet Sophia Pfister
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  40 comments
Instead of the usual "song and dance", the email refreshingly got directly to the point: "Will you review my record?". I replied, "Send it and if I like it I will."

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Mercury "Living Presence" Reissue Series Cut From 3-track Analog Masters From Analogue Productions
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 26, 2018  |  20 comments
Tom Fine, re-mastering producer of the first two soon-to-be-released Analogue Productions Mercury "Living Presence" titles talks with AnalogPlanet editor Michael Fremer about the all-analog mastering process, with lacquers cut by Ryan K. Smith from the original 3 track master tapes.

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Merrill-Williams Audio Announces The R.E.A.L. 101.3 Turntable
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 20, 2018  |  12 comments
Merrill-Williams Audio LLC of Memphis, Tennesseejust introduced the latest version of its celebrated R.E.A.L. turntable, the model 101.3. The R.E.A.L. 101.3 retains the essential elements of the 101 and 101.2 models while adding fundamental improvements.

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Metallica Secure Controlling Stake in Furnace Record Pressing, Ready to Expand the Scope of Their Blackened Recordings LP and Box Set Catalog
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 15, 2023  |  1 comments

Subtitle this one, …And Vinyl for All. To wit: Metallica and Furnace Record Pressing have jointly announced that Metallica has acquired the majority interest in Furnace, a leading provider of high-quality vinyl and related services based in Alexandria, Virginia. Read on to see what the revised vinyl-oriented partnership entails, and how Furnace founder Eric Astor and Metallica co-founders Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield have to say about it. . .

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Michael Fremer "Presents" Pink Floyd's The Wall  at Classic Album Sunday Event
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 29, 2014  |  12 comments
Classic Album Sundays, the spectacularly popular and successful world-wide vinyl album playback event phenomenon conceived of and produced by Colleen Murphy presents Pink Floyd's The Wall in its entirety at events in London, Oslo, Portland, Maine and Brooklyn, NY.

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Michael Fremer Makes the Cover of TONE Magazine
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 12, 2006  |  0 comments

Musicangle editor drops trou!

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