Back on my bullschiit. Another vinyl mix for Mother's Day. This time straight from the Skoll/Lokius stack into a Korg master recorder at double rate DSD (dsd128), then converted to 24 bit, 176.4K PCM using my own conversion software and filters (soon to be released free & open source). For all but one of the tracks I used the Denon DL-103 Moving Coil cartridge straight into the Skoll (no step-up transformer).
Real happy with the sonic results! Only very minimal fades and volume adjustments in Pro Tools, then used Reaper batch convert with Airwindows plugins for dither and overall gain boost. No de-crackling, though I did manually remove some of the more egregious pops. Wanted to keep it as pure as possible.
DM me if you want a download link! Tracks below, and yes, I put Yellowman tracks on a Mother's Day mix
1. Peanuts Taylor - Mamma La La
2. Astrud Gilberto - Windy
3. Astrud Gilberto - Manha de Carnival
4. Bill Withers - Lonely Town, Lonely Street (Live)
5. Johnny & The Attractions - Let's Get Together
6. Bobby Ellis - Step Softly
7. The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
8. Jonzun Crew - Space Cowboy
9. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 - Super Rappin' No. 2
10. Yellowman - Mr Chin
11. Yellowman - L.O.V.E.
12. Yellow Magic Orchestra - 1000 Knives
13. Vangelis - The Plum Blossom
14. Roxy Music - Tryptic
15. Milton Nascimento - Cravo e Canela
16. Neil Young & The Stray Gators - New Mama (Live)
17. Roxy Music - True to Life
18. The B52s - Topaz