Snowdog Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I would like to make it eight for Chopin Polish Songs. Thanks for this. Link to comment
AndyS Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Please could you send me a code for IBERIA. thanks Andy Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks Andy, one Iberia coming up, would you like the flamenco samples on the side? Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
AndyS Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Great yes please Mario. I have to admit these are not my normal musical genre tastes but the recording methods and technology sound intriguing.... Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks Andy! I just sent them to you. Enjoy! Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Dear Mario! What a great offer! Is it still possible to get a download PM? I would prefer the "Cabrera plays Debussy" Thanks so much Bernhard Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Yes, of course, the offer is up until we give a code to every member. ...I am thinking by the time we do that there will probably be new members on the forum, and we should give them a code too, so that kind of makes it more like a life time offer, but I am ok with that as long as you all are Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 I just sent you the album and the flamenco files. Why am I insisting on these flamenco files? All our albums have piano. These flamenco files are the only thing we have so far that do not have a piano. These files are just voice and Spanish guitar. The piano and the guitar are probably in the opposite sides of the "good practice recording manual" but we are recording them both the same way. We are using the same mics at the same distance (12 feet apart from the instrumens) So I think listening to both this instruments on the recordings pretty much gives you a feeling of what this technology is all about. Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
jtm Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hello Mario, thank you again for sending me the Debussy files. The recording sounds great, both via headphone and on my speakers. Especially the rich nuances of the piano, decay and reverb, are excellent. If possible I would also like to try the flamenco files. Spanish guitar and vocals, this sounds intruiging. Would love to compare it with recordings like Manisero by Marta Gomez. Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Yes, thank you! I just sent it to you Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
AndyS Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hi again Mario Sorry I seem to have messed up my first code for Iberia. Please could send a new one. Thanks Andy Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Yes, no problem. I just sent you another one. Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
jtm Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hi Mario, just listened to the flamenco files, thank you for the opportunity. Excellent examples again, nice imaging, her voice sounds incredible natural and "direct". A very dynamic recording, especially track 1, for which I attach the musicscope analysis. Would love to hear more from them ! Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks, I am glad you liked it ! I know about track 1; it really is something else I wished I had some more, but that is it, we were just trying a couple of songs to see how it would turn out. Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
semente Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I have also been listening to the Flamenco "sketches". The recording is again very "natural"-sounding, "nicely"-balanced tone-wise (the guitar sounds "warm" but not "fat" or bottom-"heavy", the voice "clear" but devoid of sibilance and "full") and without exaggerating "detail". As mentioned by jtm, the dynamic range is very impressive and overall it doesn't sound very different from what one would expect listening at a live tablao. Again the spectrogram shows little energy above 15kHz which illustrates my recurring complaint that many "audiophile" recordings described as "detailed" are in fact too "bright". I am only speculating here (for lack of knowledge and experience) but think that two possible causes could be mic positioning or mic frequency. Mario has already explained that his studio has been tuned with great care and that his mice are positioned at a civilised distance, which helps. On the other hand, this Soundkeeper recording ("Dragon Boats"), while very good-sounding overall, I feel it suffers from some upper-treble "sparklyness" and also excessive "detail" which in my opinion give it a slight artificial, un-musical "coloration". By the way, can anyone explain the "noise" line at around 41kHz in this last graph? R "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
ted_b Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Mario, Thanks for this wonderful service to CA members. I would love to have Iberia and the Flamenco stuff. If as people say, I would use them in my reviews here too (PlayPoint is finished and into Chris; Fore Audio is next). It would provide another common baseline for readers to react to, relate to, etc. "We're all bozos on this bus"....F.T. My JRIver tutorial videos Actual JRIver tutorial MP4 video links My eleven yr old SACD Ripping Guide for PS3 (needs updating but still works) US Technical Advisor, NativeDSD.com Link to comment
mansr Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 By the way, can anyone explain the "noise" line at around 41kHz in this last graph? Whatever the cause, and I can think of several possible ones, such lines are very common. Link to comment
esimms86 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Mario, I would be very grateful to receive Debussy and Flamenco. Thanks for your generous offer. Esau Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Mario,Thanks for this wonderful service to CA members. I would love to have Iberia and the Flamenco stuff. If as people say, I would use them in my reviews here too (PlayPoint is finished and into Chris; Fore Audio is next). It would provide another common baseline for readers to react to, relate to, etc. Please feel free to use it in whatever way you see fit. It will make me very happy if you do find it useful Thanks! Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks Ricardo. I wished this flamenco was an album just so that I could use your description as a testimonial I have also been listening to the Flamenco "sketches".The recording is again very "natural"-sounding, "nicely"-balanced tone-wise (the guitar sounds "warm" but not "fat" or bottom-"heavy", the voice "clear" but devoid of sibilance and "full") and without exaggerating "detail". As mentioned by jtm, the dynamic range is very impressive and overall it doesn't sound very different from what one would expect listening at a live tablao. About this other subject: Again the spectrogram shows little energy above 15kHz which illustrates my recurring complaint that many "audiophile" recordings described as "detailed" are in fact too "bright".I am only speculating here (for lack of knowledge and experience) but think that two possible causes could be mic positioning or mic frequency. Mario has already explained that his studio has been tuned with great care and that his mice are positioned at a civilised distance, which helps. This is what we have done to get this results: It is not the mics or the mic setup, it is the hall. We have worked the acoustics of the hall to deliver the sound that way onto the mic setup. The mic setup is just registering the sound the way the hall is delivering it. The sound for the recording has to be made before it hits the microphones, after that you really cannot fix anything. All the work has to be done on the hall not on the DAW.[/Quote] Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
Guidof Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hello Mario: Please send a code for the flamenco files. Thank you. Guido F. For my system details, please see my profile. Thank you. Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks Guido, I just sent them to you. Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
yincr Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hi Mario, could youbsendnme the flamenco files? Yin[br]HQPlayer-MBPro-SFP-fanless NUC i7-e22-ARC Ref10-ARC Ref75SE-ML CLX Link to comment
Mario Martinez Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks Yin, I just did, Enjoy! Mario Martínez Recording Engineer and Music Producer Play Classics, classical music at its best Link to comment
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