Original Denmark pressing, Storyville / Dansk Grammofon – SLP 1008, Matrix A: SLP-1008-A / B: SLP-1008-B
Equipment:
* Vpi HW-17F Record Cleaning Machine
* Technics SL 1210 MK II T/T
* Rega RB 300 Tonearm
* Denon DL 304 M/C Cartridge
* Cambridge Audio AZUR640P M/C Stage
* M-Audio Profire 610 Multichannel A/D
* Adobe Audition 3.0
Method:
Clean records on Vpi, rip (PCM@96/32), remove inaudible subsonic (0Hz to 17Hz ~ 0db, with sloped filter from 17Hz to 20Hz)
Manual and carefully targeted automatic de-clicking in Adobe Audition using custom scripts and presets. I make sure this doesn’t damage natural clicks.
Occasional use of noise masking techniques such as ‘footprint’ sampling the groove noise and fading to mono during track changes, etc.
Normalize whole sides to 100% (After deciding if the sides are cut the same), Split tracks, FLAC, MD5, M3U, Discogs Tagging (where available), DR, RAR, +Redbook (16-bit dithered in Audition), FTP
Artwork:
Source: The album
Quality: Good (96 dpi)
Contains: Various sleeve and label artwork.
This LP’s school report: (A)
Condition: NM
Very clean and crisp Danish pressing by Dansk Grammofon. No troubles at all.
Dynamic Range Analysis:
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Analyzed: Sahib Shihab / Sentiments
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 0.00 dB -17.50 dB 7:45 01-Ma'nee
DR14 0.00 dB -17.83 dB 8:01 02-The Call
DR13 -0.02 dB -16.67 dB 5:04 03-Rue De La Harpe
DR14 -1.09 dB -17.65 dB 4:42 04-Sentiments
DR13 -0.01 dB -16.98 dB 3:46 05-From Me To You
DR13 -2.50 dB -20.60 dB 4:39 06-Extase
DR12 -5.25 dB -22.96 dB 4:15 07-Companionship
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2498 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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