Audio Fidelity

Since the development of digital recording, there has always been an argument over which is better: analog or digital. It is always interesting to me to see a remastering project; a project where they take old analog recordings and mix them digitally. While I was at Full Sail University studying Recording Arts, we went over analog in many of our classes. In one particular one, we went over “baking” analog tape. The process is tricky and can easily ruin the entire recording.

Audio Fidelity specializes in remastering old classic rock and pop albums. Currently they are working on a James Taylor album. They have remastered many of his albums before dating as far back as 1970. The album they are working on now is Mud Slide Slim.  As the Mix Magazine article says, they have been lucky with the analog masters. They are in good shape so little to nothing has been lost from the original recordings.

It is very interesting to see a company that specializes in remastering analog recordings. It’s not something I have come across before. After reading the article, I wanted to look into Audio Fidelity more. Audio Fidelity has remastered many well known, bug name artists old recordings. Examples would be the Beach Boys, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Marley, and Stevie Wonder.

President Marshall Blonstein has been working in the recording industry for many years. He has worked with many record companies including Island Records and Artanis Records. As his biography on the Audio Fidelity site says, he was one of the first to recognize the potential of the CD.

Through years of experience, it seems the team at Audio Fidelity has perfected the art of remastering. They have brought many old recordings back to life and will continue to do so.

References:

About us. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.audiofidelity.net/content/about-us

Marsh mastering remasters james taylor for audio fidelity limited edition. (2012, March 2). Retrieved from http://mixonline.com/news/marshmastering_remasters_audiofidelity_0203/