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“Jazz Hands” by The Bob James Trio has been nominated for a Grammy Award!

I’ve had the distinct pleasure working with Bob James and his team, mastering many album and single releases and so it makes me so happy to hear that “Jazz Hands” by The Bob James Trio has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. It includes many great artist contributions including; CeeLo […]

Two great musical apps that are now free.

Wishing all a safe and healthy social distancing and a very big thank you to all that are helping keep NY running. In case you’ve missed it, here are two great distractions for all of you.
Two great musical apps that are now, for the time being, free. https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/16/21181915/synth-apps-free-moog-korg-kaossilator-minimoog-model-d-coronavirus Enjoy, stay safe & healthy!

The Basics of Sound Measurement

The Holidays are upon us and I’m inspired to introduce to you a few free apps that are very useful to musicians, audiophiles and engineers. I’ve been using the Audioools App to very good effect in my acoustical analysis work. It has many modules where you can do advanced analysis like SPL graph over time, […]

The re-release of “Joined At The Hip

GLAD TO HAVE RECENTLY REMASTERED THE RE-RELEASE OF “JOINED AT THE HIP” FROM CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ICONS BOB JAMES & KIRK WHALUM. ALSO RE-MASTERED WERE DSD FILES FOR SACD. THE STEREO HYBRID SACD PLAYS BACK ON BOTH SACD AND REGULAR CD PLAYERS. http://bobjames.com/joined-at-the-hip-remastered-release-tour/ SHARE AND ENJOY

MiniDSP

An audio electronics company developing amazing yet affordable digital audio products. including floating point audio processing DSP, multiway speaker crossovers, Room EQ correction, streaming audio, measurement systems and audio amplifiers. https://www.minidsp.com/ They even offer their technology to the DIY community. https://www.minidsp.com/products/minidspkits

My thoughts on turntables as turntables seem to be a hot topic these days.

Specifically turntables under $1000 My personal requirements for a turntable are: – A quiet motor measured by S/N ratios: Higher is better. There are many designs that measure at 50 dB, and today there are quite a few that advertise 60 dB or better. 50 dB is a fine S/N ratio for average listening. 60 dB is […]