Call me a sceptical old f*** if you will, but given the trouble I sometimes
have in getting the audio off tape of a certain age, never mind anything
ultrasonic, I wonder about the applicability of the technique as described
in the real world...
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From: "Paul G Turney" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Airshow Mastering & Plangent Processes
Chandra Lynn [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Airshow Mastering & Plangent Processes
I noticed some earlier postings about Plangent Processes. It eliminates
wow,flutter and speed aberrations from analog masters. They are now working
withAirshow Mastering to offer optimized tape transfers.
The announcement is onAirshow¹s site at
http://www.airshowmastering.com/plangent.htm
lHave any of you worked with Airshow or Plangent?
If so, what has been your experience?
One of GlowMarketing.com's clients is ... Airshow Mastering.Is this a wholly
justifiable posting asking for experiences not by the company or engineer
but by their PR company?
Which postings did Chandra Lynn notice about Plangent Processes?
PT
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There are other forensic time stamp signals besides bias which would allow
for an ATR-100-recorded tape to be de-fluttered by the PP DSP. However, even
though a tape may be played back by the Airshow ATR-100, it's entirely
possible that the tape was recorded elsewhere by a different machine (having
a much lower bias f). I believe that Airshow are offering this service with
PP for already-existing analog tapes, rather than for creative layback
transfers.David Glasser is chief engineer at Airshow and he has mastered a
huge amount of audiophile CDs, DVDs, and SACDs. Great ear; great rooms;
great gear. From the PP website:"software algorithm, developed with
researchers at Cambridge University in England, which identifies a
steady-state ultrasonic reference tone (such as tape bias or logic control)
embedded within the original analog signal and then performs continuous
high- resolution pitch correction in order to keep the reference tone at a
fixed frequency..."AndrewOn Apr 29, 2010, at 4:15 AM, Shai Drori wrote:> My
experience with the ATR is just the opposite. I have tested > various
transport and some tapes were handled only by the ATR. Does > the system
figure out bias frequency automatically. What does it do > with tapes
recorded on the atr where the frequency is so high it > doesn't show up on
playback (400kHz+)?> Shai>> On 4/29/2010 8:54 AM, Paul G Turney wrote:>>
Well they only use ATR 102 machines which are notoriously rough >> tape
handlers....>>>> They use software to track and maintain a bias frequency so
that >> any speed anomolies are and wow and flutter are reduced by >>
maintaining perfect pitch with this tone.>> Not worked with Airshow
mastering.>>>> It appears to be a monopoly on the software so Airshow would
be >> subbing the work out to PP.>>>> PT>>>> -----Original Message----->>
From: Chandra Lynn [mailto:[log in to unmask]]>> Sent: Thursday,
April 29, 2010 02:12 AM>> To: [log in to unmask]>> Subject:
[ARSCLIST] Airshow Mastering& Plangent Processes>>>> I noticed some earlier
postings about Plangent Processes. It >> eliminates wow,flutter and speed
aberrations from analog masters. >> They are now working withAirshow
Mastering to offer optimized tape >> transfers. The announcement is
onAirshow¹s site at http:// >> www.airshowmastering.com/plangent.htmlHave
any of you worked with >> Airshow or Plangent? If so, what has been
yourexperience?>>>>
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