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Release Date: 2021Label: STS Analog
This release on master tape was originally recorded on reel to reel tape in 1959 as pure high fidelity analogue.Original Recording Format: Analog
Mastering Engineer: Fritz de With
Recorded: 1959
Release Date: February 2021
Ultra-Master Tape Copy Features:
• 1st Generation Reel to Reel Tape made from the Original Master Tape
• Pure Analogue Recording
• Carefully copied from a Philips EL3501 master recorder to 6 Philips N4522 recorders
• Analogue Tape Copies from original analogue masters
• Each tape copied with CCIR equalization with reference level 320 nWb/m on halftrack 1/4” LPR35 Recording The Master's Tape
• Duration Each Tape: Approx. 30 minutes
• Special made silver or golden aluminium reel with a cut-out STS Logo
• High-class cardboard box features production cover picture labelled to the box
• Box is reminiscent of glorious pre-recorded tapes of the '70s and their 7" boxes
• Quality control certificate included - includes tracklist with a description of the tape copy process
• EQ: 320 nWb
• Half-track format
• Tape Speed: a 15 ips, 1/4 -inch 2-track analogue tape
The Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape Recordings - Exceptional Audiophile Sound as Close To The Original Master Reference Quality Where Possible. Each ultra-master tape is 15 ips, 1/4 -inch 2-track analogue tape copy (IEC equalization) sourced from a copy of the original analogue master tape. Transfer real-time, using
Demand for reel-to-reel tape format grows as labels and studios expand master tape production. The 'Tape from the Master', LP and portfolio is growing all the time.
STS Analog Studio is one of Europe's leading audiophile recording production studios, using the analogue ultra-master tape medium where ever possible for the best analogue sound and dynamics. STS Analog Studio based in Holland, they have been used by several leading component manufacturers such as Marantz, to produce CDs of exquisite musical quality. Over the years, they have developed their own unique 'MW Process' to make their recordings sound as good as possible from studio master tape to CD and LP.
Thousands of other audiophiles are hooked to listen to music on reel to reel tape. The music on reel-to-reel tape – your master tape duplication copy is a handmade product in real-time, by sound engineers and studio professionals with today technology advantages: greater dynamic range, especially at frequency extremes; minimal signal processing; and unsurpassed richness and realism - it's the closest to hearing the music on master tape copy.
Each copy is transferred in real-time, using a studio-level reel to reel tape recorders on the freshly made RTM audiotape. Production of audiotapes is a very time-consuming process, so each label usually can only release a new album in batches.