The Signal Chain

Precision analog mastering, archival restoration, and lacquer cutting built around a purpose-driven system.

The studio is designed for one thing: translation. Across formats. Across decades. Across listening environments.

Every project moves through a signal path selected for accuracy, musicality, and long-term reliability — from fragile mono tape to high-resolution digital masters and lacquer disc cutting.

  • Console & Monitoring

    The mastering environment centers around a Maselec MTC-2 console and MTC-6 monitor controller feeding Duntech Sovereign Reference loudspeakers.

    This combination provides clarity, depth, and translation accuracy across vinyl and digital formats. Decisions are made with long-term listening in mind.

  • The analog chain is built around carefully selected equalization and dynamics tools known for transparency and musical control.

    Sontec, SSL, Tube-Tech, and API components provide precision shaping without sacrificing integrity of the source.

    The goal is refinement — not imprint.

  • When required, Weiss digital processing systems provide transparent correction and dynamic control.

    Digital tools are used with restraint, ensuring the character of the original recording remains intact.

  • High-resolution A/D and D/A conversion ensures accurate transfer between analog and digital domains.

    Masters are prepared for vinyl, high-resolution digital delivery, CD, and Apple Digital Masters with attention to format-specific requirements.

  • The studio maintains professional playback systems capable of handling virtually every major professional format of the last 60 years.

    From mono tape reels to DASH and DAT, archival material is evaluated and transferred with care, preserving both content and context.

  • Lacquer masters are cut on a Neumann VMS-66 system.

    Side length, groove geometry, low-frequency management, and stereo width are all considered carefully to ensure optimal translation to vinyl without compromise.

    Vinyl is approached as its own format — not an afterthought.

  • MASTERING CONSOLE

    Maselec MTC-2 Console
    Maselec MTC-6 Monitor Controller

    MONITORING

    Duntech Sovereign Reference Loudspeakers

    ANALOG PROCESSING

    SSL G 384 Stereo Compressor
    Tube-Tech CL 1A Stereo Compressor
    Sontec MES 432C9 Stereo EQ
    API 550M Stereo EQ

    DIGITAL PROCESSING

    Weiss EQ1 MK2
    Weiss DS1 MK3 Compressor / Limiter / De-Esser
    Waves 670

    CONVERSION

    PM Model 2 HDCD 24-bit A/D
    Prism D/A 2 24-bit D/A
    Weiss AIF1 FireWire Interface

    DAW

    Sequoia v.12

    ARCHIVAL & TAPE PLAYBACK

    Ampex ATR-102 (½" / ¼")
    Sony APR-5003V (½" / ¼")
    Sony PCM-3202 D.A.S.H.
    Sony DTC-A8ES DAT
    Sony TC-909ES Cassette
    Sony MDS-501 MiniDisc
    Sony SCD-777ES CD
    Plextor Premium CDR

    VINYL CUTTING SYSTEM

    Neumann VMS-66 Lathe

    METERING & ANALYSIS

    Mytek DDD-603 Peak Meter
    Leader LBO-552BH Stereoscope
    Dolby 363 Noise Reduction

  • Close-up of a vintage phonograph needle arm and turntable with black vinyl record.

  • A man with a short haircut wearing a plaid shirt looking through a microscope at a spinning record on a turntable.

  • Close-up of a professional audio mixing console with various knobs, sliders, and digital displays.

  • A professional DJ setup with turntables, audio mixer, speakers, and sound equipment in a room with wooden walls.

  • Elevator control panel buttons with labels 22 1/2, 33 1/3, 45, and 78.