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[Alexander J]

Gustav Holst
"The Planets" disc also become available this week.
this title I can say completely felt great for me on all stages of production
from mixing individual tracks of orchestra sections to the final mix
extended surround acoustics is a great match for Holst creation from the beginning to the end not even counting gigantic chorus concluding the Holst cosmic
masterpiece

If you like music by John Williams in Star Wars that disc will make your day I promise.

[Alexander J]

Beethoven 5&6

finally after revisions that I doing for months in different studios this title is ready to ship and will be arriving to Amazon.com by the end of the first week of new year in europe and japan by the end of the second week.
I had it listed at Amazon since August but was not satisfied with final mix till the last revision a week ago.
On an opposite to beethoven more common compilations on this disc you can enjoy 6th symphony as well that I found to be a great relaxation after tension
of 5th for novice listening experience.

Have a great listening

Alexander.

[Alexander J]

Many in my e-mail correspondence asking about my relationship with electronic music and my new classical work as a virtual conductor of most popular symphonic masterworks,
Many still can not put this together culturally and in some cases ethically.
So as a person with graduate degree in world music culture I would like to state following:
I never relate my electronic music to pop culture dance genre, I was always tried to be not match involved in a seen as an active participant but rather as a third party painting an artwork of it. Many of my old Detroit friends will take me on that.
However some of young home theaters fox relate my electronic projects to BT protégée and some cases even Moby, not even counting Detroit Techno main guy Kevin Sanderson who I helped in his studio as an engineer in my early years in Michigan. I am always looked at my keyboards and sound modules as a tools of Contemporary Music Art to explore and produce new ideas of music and sound.

Please make a note of it and do not be afraid of my rainbow of expressions in music.
My classical ground was always preserved more then anything els.

[BluQ]

Mr. Jero: I purchased Vivaldi and absolutely love it. It makes me want more. I recently found your thread and appreciate the information. There is one problem with my Vivaldi. Since I purchsed it, it skips at the same spot (about 30 seconds from the beginning). I cleaned the disk, the player tray and examined the disk with a magifying glass and cannot see any physical problems. Can I return my disk for a replacement of the same title?

[Alexander J]

Originally Posted by BluQ

Mr. Jero: I purchased Vivaldi and absolutely love it. It makes me want more. I recently found your thread and appreciate the information. There is one problem with my Vivaldi. Since I purchsed it, it skips at the same spot (about 30 seconds from the beginning). I cleaned the disk, the player tray and examined the disk with a magifying glass and cannot see any physical problems. Can I return my disk for a replacement of the same title?

Happy New Year

Can you please describe that is happening
digital audio stream can not skip it is not a vinyl or cd

[BluQ]

Sorry for skip." Today, the first attempt at play paused at 00:00:04, 00:00:07 and 00:01:10, each time for a period from a few seconds to as long as ten seconds. The third attempt to play from the beginning it paused at 00:00:04 for about five seconds and resumed at 00:01:14. Usually, it pauses about 00:00:30, but not today. Curiously, it never does this in any chapter other than the first of the disk. I play about four different BD disks titles a week from Blockbuster or Netflix and never experience this sort of problem with them. I'm using a Denon DBP-2010CI player with current firmware.

[Alexander J]

Originally Posted by BluQ

Sorry for skip." I play about four different BD disks titles a week from Blockbuster or Netflix and never experience this sort of problem with them. I'm using a Denon DBP-2010CI player with current firmware.

that because non of movies has 24bit 96k at 7.1 for dts-hd most are 24 48k at 5.1 that is twice of bandwidth
are you internal decoding or bitstreaming?

[Alexander J]

Originally Posted by Alexander J

that because non of movies has 24bit 96k at 7.1 for dts-hd most are 24 48k at 5.1 that is twice of bandwidth
are you internal decoding or bitstreaming?

I really need to tell you this
today my daughter told me
why my "Princess and a Frog" blu-ray is not playing
I went to the TV took a remote and tried pretty match everything
then my wife came in and find out that she forgot to put a disc in a player

[BluQ]

Originally Posted by Alexander J

that because non of movies has 24bit 96k at 7.1 for dts-hd most are 24 48k at 5.1 that is twice of bandwidth
are you internal decoding or bitstreaming?

My BD player is set to output bitstream through HDMI. My receiver displays DTS-HD Master Audio.

[Alexander J]

sure
PM me on some details we will sort it out

[Alexander J]

My appreciation to Jeffrey Kauffman review of Beethoven 5th and 6th
answering the question
"I have never in my life heard the opening movement of the Fifth taken at such a brisk tempo, and I had to wonder what reference recording Jero utilized to help him shape his take on this movement."
I would like to mention that I use reference recordings for synchronization only
after recording sessions time compression or expansion applied to all tracks during editing stage of the production and some times even in term of a mixing stage to accent the effect in dynamics of original composer score that is a common creative ground of any conductor own vision.

[Alexander J]

This is funny

the guy who is running Audiophile audition site
ask me to send him samples of my recordings
and also ask me about them

I wrote descriptive e-mail of how I work with an orchestra and my production

after listening them he wrote back to me that he very exited of how natural sounds they are but he can not review them because they are computer generated

[Alexander J]

On this funny note glad to confirm

these are all performances by life musicians playing
nothing to do with virtual instruments I used for project like Uncommon Bach and my earlier transcriptions on DVD-A.

[jevans64]

I've been a lurker for some time but joined the forum to comment on your works.

Purchased 3 discs with a 4th on the way. Are these discs supposed to be DVD-R discs with DTS-HD MA burned on them? If they are, then they really can't be called Blu-Ray discs.

1) Mozart 40 and 35. Nicely done but I have not heard these live to make a precise judgment.

2) Holst - The Planets. I have heard this live and have DVD-A's ( London S.O. - Previn ) of this and my opinion is that the brass at the beginning of Mars is to "tinny / metallic", especially after TC 2:00. Over-synthesized perhaps.

3) Respighi - Pines, Fountains, The Birds. I have both the Philadelphia S.O. and the Atlanta S.O. DVD-A of this performance. I also heard Pines, Fountains, Roman Festivals performed live in 2009 and they followed the Philadelphia recording closely.

Can you tell me what was the reference performance you used?

I think there might be issues with the mix at TC 2:36 - 3:46, 7:53 - ~10:15, 28:30 - 29:04, 29:30 - 29:36, 33:54 - 34:30, 35:40 - 36:50.

Sounds like uneven pitch from some of the "sections" or instruments is the best I can describe it. Almost sounds like an issue with decoding. Could also be the 7.1 surround bringing out the things I didn't like about the Atlanta S.O. recording. Could also be that these discs are not real Blu-Ray discs and don't use the blue diode to read the disc.

Overall, I liked the way you put these performances together but some parts of the Respighi mix sound a little strange.

My system components should be listed in my sig. I'm just streaming straight to the receiver using a high-quality HDMI cable and letting the receiver decode the stream. Comes up as DTS-HD MA as it should and I tried playing the Respighi disc in both Pure Direct and 7-Channel Stereo. My system is not professionally calibrated but I did a 6-point sample using Audyssey and tweaked to my liking for movie surround from there.

[Alexander J]

Thanks,

BD9 standard is Great for Audio Only and have no issues with playback on any player reading AVCHD and proposed by Warner Home Video as an optional BD format a long time ago during HDDVD/Blu-ray war
it is actually equals to program capacity of CD standard at 16/41 stereo but now 24/96 7.1

I did not get it about timing and issue with the mix on Respighi
you kind of lost me

Reference recordings are used to sync the orchestra together at the studio nothing els, everything done for the final mix you hear was produced from prerecorded material at the studio utilizing tools of AudioPost.

cheers

[Alexander J]

Actually previous post got info a very touchy subject what I would like to elaborate and make a comment to other publishers:

BD9 Media type can be successfully utilized as HD Audio Only Media or Media with complimentary Video program like slide show.
if you can imaging I done significant amount of testing and reporting that BD9
Does NOT ALLOW BANDWIDTH SUITABLE FOR HD VIDEO/AUDIO Program.
even if you will be able to fit Multichannel Lossless Audio And HD Video like 1080p it will not playback correctly unless you compress it to quality that will cause a significant compromise for end user experience that most will find unacceptable.


Note:
I know many SONY MUSIC employees may read this
so please note same of your executives may want to propose me a recording deal at Sony Masterworks to release it on BD25
I will say yes
if you ask why?
answer is very simple
I am not proclaming here a new format for Audio on Blu
I just do everything that is needed to be done to deliver my work to the listener
now it is a special interest market product,
if whey want to go mass market product then BD25 will be essential to unify product with other blu-ray releases
untill then i go BD9 without a doubt

[jevans64]

Originally Posted by Alexander J

Actually previous post got info a very touchy subject what I would like to elaborate and make a comment to other publishers:

BD9 Media type can be successfully utilized as HD Audio Only Media or Media with complimentary Video program like slide show.
if you can imaging I done significant amount of testing and reporting that BD9
Does NOT ALLOW BANDWIDTH SUITABLE FOR HD VIDEO/AUDIO Program.
even if you will be able to fit Multichannel Lossless Audio And HD Video like 1080p it will not playback correctly unless you compress it to quality that will cause a significant compromise for end user experience that most will find unacceptable.

Nothing wrong with using the BD5/BD9 standard. I just have objection to you knocking these off in your basement with a DVD±R burner and an inkjet printer instead of having these professionally produced. There are quality standards that can only be met by having these professionally produced and your product just doesn't look professional in my opinion. I'm biased though, since that is what I did for 15 years -- worked for a major DVD/BD replicator and did my best to ensure that only the highest-quality product left my department.

[Alexander J]

Originally Posted by jevans64

Nothing wrong with using the BD5/BD9 standard. I just have objection to you knocking these off in your basement with a DVD±R burner and an inkjet printer instead of having these professionally produced. There are quality standards that can only be met by having these professionally produced and your product just doesn't look professional in my opinion. I'm biased though, since that is what I did for 15 years -- worked for a major DVD/BD replicator and did my best to ensure that only the highest-quality product left my department.

So go back to work and I talk to you then I have a duplication order

Actually ProDuplicator I use and many over brands can be very mad at you if you claiming that tower duplication is not professional manufacturing.

and by the record I live with a Family in resort in Florida, having another apartment in NY and my guys are manufacturing this in my old studio in MI in commercial building so as you can see we do not have room for basement Sorry

[jevans64]

Originally Posted by Alexander J

So go back to work and I talk to you then I have a duplication order

I no longer do that for a living. I am now in Information Technologies. I can only help you now if you have a broken server.

[Alexander J]

Originally Posted by jevans64

I no longer do that for a living. I am now in Information Technologies. I can only help you now if you have a broken server.

I have friends who do that for a living as well PM me we will sort it out