by Ann Blonston | Jun 11, 2015 | Ann Blonston, News
Report from ARSC – Everybody Has Something Ann Blonston represented Airshow’s Restoration Center at the 2015 ARSC conference in Pittsburgh in late May. She describes the event as a entertaining mash-up of archive professionals and obsessive collectors. In...
by Airshow Mastering | Apr 21, 2015 | Anna Frick, News, Technique, Technology
This post offers some simple tips to help collectors extend the life of analog recording media and prioritize their preservation for the long term. We live in a lucky time: we have sound recordings available to us at our very fingertips. Recorded sound surrounds us,...
by Ann Blonston | Sep 16, 2014 | Ann Blonston, David Glasser
Quality Control, or QC, is an important part of the production process. Whether you are making a physical product or a digital one, QC makes sure everything is made as was designed. Many companies will hire a 3rd party to oversee quality control in the production of...
by Ann Blonston | Aug 6, 2014 | Airshow HQ, Ann Blonston, BOULDER Bloggers, News
Increased demand pushes the supply chain Since 2012, when Nielsen reported that 4.6 million vinyl LPs were sold, vinyl sales have nearly doubled. Nielsen projects 2014 sales over eight million vinyl units. These stats likely undercount indie vinyl releases, or 7” or...
by Ann Blonston | Jun 4, 2013 | Airshow HQ, News
Many recordings are released these days in several formats – CD, downloads in multiple resolutions and file formats, LP’s, and streaming. While the CD master at 16-bit/44.1 kHz resolution remains the most useful master format, one master does not fit all! With the...
