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For most recordings,
OxRecs prefers to use only two microphones carefully positioned to give
both equal preference to whole soundstage, whilst capturing the natural ambience
of the building acoustic. Several microphone configurations can be used, of
which two are favoured. The first is somewhat unique in that each unit has a
different pickup characteristic using either a Sennheiser
MKH 30 (figure-of-eight) for left/right signals, plus a Sennheiser
MKH 40 (cardioid) for forward pickup. The signal from both these microphones
is processed and matrixed such that the two channels may
be adjusted to allow the image to be altered from mono to a very wide stereo
perspective. Alternatively, two spaced DPA
4006 (previously B&K) omnis are used. Choral and instrumental recordings are made
using a combination of the above and supplemented by further DPA
4011 or AKG microphones as necessary.
OxRecs has recently acquired an Edirol R-44 4-track recorder for its location work. Backups may be made on DAT or minidisk recorders as required. Headphone
monitoring is performed using Sennheiser or Beyer headphones. PMC TB1 monitors are used on location
and PMC AB2 reference monitors at home for critical
editing and listening.
An Apogee Rosetta featuring high resolution 24-bit AD/DA converters, is used for CD mastering.
Digital
editing, P/Q encoding and CD mastering
Digital editing
is always performed using FastEdit,
and SoundForge is occasionally used
to process the soundfiles before mastering onto CD using CDRWIN or CDArchitect.
Typesetting & Design
for CD booklets, inlays, promotional material, and catalogues.
Design and typesetting
from rough draft to PDFs is all performed in-house a selection of DTP packages including InDesign, QuarkExpress,
or CorelVentura plus a selection of specialist graphics applications. All our titles are now barcoded.
Sound Restoration, audio processing & vinyl to CD
A Ferrograph Logic 7 (half-track) allows the transfer of tape recordings
(3.75, 7.5, 15 ips).
Sound restoration tools to aid tidying of old recordings (de-hiss, de-crackle)
One-off promotional CDs
Music typesetting using Personal Composer
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