ROBERT AULD

- AuldWorks -

• Recording and sound design services -remote recording, digital editing, mixing, CD pre-mastering, sound effects library, etc.
  
  
• AuldWorks Transfer Service -LPs, 78s, tapes, transferred to CD or the medium of your choice. Top quality work at competitive prices.
  
  
• Tape Restoration -Don't let the "sticky sheds" get you down.
  
  
• AuldWorks Audio Page -Downloadable MP3 files of music from some projects I have worked on.

- Articles -

• The Art Of Recording The Big Band - by Robert Auld -- a newly revised version of my two-part paper examining engineering practices from the 1920's to the present day, with some subjective opinions on what works best for recording the jazz big band.
  
  
• The Art Of Recording The Big Band, Part 3: Recording The Beantown Swing Orchestra
  by Robert Auld -- recording methods typical of the 1960's were used to record a large jazz ensemble in 2011. A complete account with text, pictures and audio examples.
  
  
• A Guide To Better Sound When Recording Big Band Videos
  Recording good video soundtracks does not have to be complicated or expensive. A "how to" article.
  
  
• New Frontiers In Audio Restoration, Part 1: Harmonic Balancing - by Robert Auld -- a look at new techniques in the field that open up new possibilities. (With audio examples in MP3 format.)
  
  
• New Frontiers In Audio Restoration, Part 2: Spectral Repair - by Robert Auld -- new techniques for removing unwanted sounds (with MP3 file examples).
  
  
• Disk Transcription - by Robert Auld -- What to do when confronted with the ghost of Enrico Caruso or an old radio broadcast transcription disk. (With a list of equipment suppliers for this arcane art, and MP3 files of broadcast transcription disk playback.)
  
  
• Direct-to-Disc at AES - by Robert Auld -- At the 2001 Audio Engineering Convention in New York City, the 1970's art of audiophile direct-to-disc recording was revived for convention attendees. Here is a report of what happened, along with photographs and an MP3 file of one of the recordings made at the session.
  
  
• Mastering - Then and Now - by Robert Auld -- Why we have mastering and how we got here from there. (Adapted from the original article in Recording Magazine, and including an update on mastering in the iTunes era.)
  
  
• The Dynamics of Streaming Audio - by Robert Auld -- The conventional wisdom is that you should compress the heck out of your program material. Does that make sense? (Adapted from the original article in Recording Magazine.)
  
  
• Archiving to CDR: some considerations - by Robert Auld -- Should we be archiving audio material to CDR or to some other medium? What are the pros and cons?

- Links and stuff -

• Links -a selective annotated collection of links to audio-related subjects and other things.
  
  
• Theatre-Sound Manufacturers Links - a comprehensive collection of links to professional and consumer audio manufacturers, kept here as part of the Theatre-Sound Mailing List home page (if you are interested in live theater sound, take a look at their site, linked from these pages).
  
  
• Humor -not necessarily about audio.

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