24/96 One Guitar

On 2009-03-07, at 07:15 , SM wrote:

On the other hand, listen to an mp3 file from my One Guitar album, the source of which was NOT compressed at all and you will notice that the mp3 does a very good job of delivering the dynamics of the recording.

I would go so far as to say that the audio quality of One Guitar is in what I would call “ECM grade audio territory.” Worthy of a technical Grammy or some other technical award.

If you ever decide to do a 24bit/96kHz version of One Guitar, I’d pay a premium for that. Between the performance and the sonics it would be more than well worth it.

I suspect that would sound amazing on my system.

Thanks, you just gave me an idea.

We are launching a subscription model within the next week or so. For $20/year (or $4/month) a subscriber gets to download a free tune (usually unreleased, either from the archives or stuff I am working on), gets access to about 10,000 of my Flickr photos (and may download any of those in full quality), plus video downloads, a private Journal with community (commenting, discussion) etc yadda yadda yadda.

Anyway, I think I will make one of the One Guitar masters (24/96) available as a download as part of the subscription. There will probably only be a handful of people who have the gear and desire to listen to those files, and so the bandwidth won’t be a problem.

How does that sound?

Peace
– ottmar

PS: which track from “One Guitar” would you like to hear?

He wrote back:

That sounds fantastic! I will sign up for that!

Wow… Tough question… For me, kinda like asking “which of the Bach ‘cello suites do you prefer …” probably “This Spring, Release 10000 Butterflies”

So I went to the studio and grabbed the original 24/96 mix of “This Spring Release 10,000 Butterflies” and transferred it to my laptop. iTunes imported the track, no problem. iTunes even played back the track without a hitch.

As you can tell from the screenshot, the file is rather large: 199.7 MB – that would take up a third of a regular CD… If you have iTunes and a newish computer, one that has a D/A (digital-to-analog) converter that can handle 24/96 you should be able to enjoy the depth and sound quality of this file. If you are using an Apple Airport Express to deliver music to your amplifier/speakers, their built-in D/A converter works fine, too.

Watch this space for a link to download the music sometime soon.

SSRI Releases

SSRI has released ten albums since 2002. That’s a little less than two releases per year. But, we like to think that we make up in quality what we lack in quantity. :)

Two of those ten albums are not currently distributed, “The Santa Fe Sessions” and “Winter Rose”. But, both are still available from our Web Store and we are planning to re-issue them in our DigiPak format sometime next year.

Ottmar Liebert
In the Arms of Love – 2002, re-issued this year
Original lullabies for children and adults.
CD and Download

Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
The Santa Fe Sessions – 2003, to be re-issued in 2009
Many hits (e.g. “Barcelona Nights” and “Snakecharmer”) and two new pieces, recorded with the Luna Negra XL band.
CD only

Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
La Semana – 2004
The first album I engineered myself and one of my personal favorites.
CD and Download

Ottmar Liebert
Winter Rose – 2005, to be re-issued 2009
About one third Christmas, one third classical and one third original music. My favorite holiday album.
CD and Download

Ottmar Liebert
One Guitar – 2007
My first album of solo guitar music. Mostly improvised – and nominated for a 2007 Grammy
CD and Download

Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
Up Close – 2008
Binaural Dummy-head recording with Luna Negra. Headphone music. Sounds like the band sits around you.
CD and Download

Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
The Scent of Light – 2008
Three years in the making – and possibly my best album yet…
CD and Download

Jon Gagan
Transit – 2003
CD and Download

Transit 2 – 2007
CD and Download

Stephen Duros
Thira – 2007
CD and Download