• Sibil-la Ensemble - Viriditas - Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes: Recording Viriditas

    It’s safe to say Viriditas by the medieval Sibil•la Ensemble is our largest production we’ve ever done. When Kristia Michael, founder and soprano of the ensemble (and now also our label manager) proposed the concept of the album to us we were enamoured with it: 12th and 13th-century chants and secular songs from areas that are …

  • Delphine Trio - Adrift - Behind the Scenes

    Behind the Scenes: Recording Delphine Trio’s Adrift

    I still remember the day we received an email from the Delphine Trio, asking us if we’d be interested in recording an album with Kenneth Leighton’s Fantasy on an American Hymn Tune on it. Of course we were — it’s an incredible piece, and the trio itself (comprised of clarinet, cello and piano) is remarkable as …

  • Kristia Michael, Label Manager at TRPTK

    Introducing Kristia Michael, label manager

    My journey with Brendon, Maya, and Ben began a year ago through our collaboration with Sibil.la Ensemble for the production of the medieval music album Viriditas. Our connection and mutual interest in each other’s work were instant and have grown over time, leading to this exciting new venture. As a vocalist and composer focusing on …

  • 2023 Year in Review - TRPTK

    2023 Year in Review

    As you may know, we do a little year-in-review blog each year — going over some little fun facts, tidbits, statistics. And this year has been such a crazy one that we’re especially excited to go over it, looking back at what releases we’ve celebrated, what happened over at the studio, and of course, your …

  • From DSD to Download: A deep dive into sample rate conversion

    At TRPTK, we generally record our artists’ performances in DSD256 for its natural sound quality, specifically with our Merging Technologies Hapi MkII A/D-converters. Since processing in DSD is a very difficult and impractical process, the DSD signal is then converted into PCM, and more specifically, 352.8kHz 64bit floating point. Once in the territory of PCM, …

  • From DSD to Download: A closer look at resolution

    Welcome to an exploration of the world of audio mastering, where we scrutinize sound quality, valuing every subtle nuance. I’m Thijs Muijs, the latest addition to the TRPTK team, and I invite you to join me as we delve into the process of transforming our original DSD recordings into pristine high-resolution and spatial audio downloads, …

  • Bad Sound

    We don’t make beautiful recordings (nor do we want to)

    A while ago, someone reached out to us on social media, responding to a post about an upcoming release. They said: “You don’t make beautiful recordings.” It did make me think for a second, but finally I responded “That’s because we don’t want to make beautiful recordings.” Hear me out. So what is a beautiful …

  • WAV Formats Explained

    One WAV or the other (WAV formats explained)

    There’s no audio format simpler than good old WAV. Right? Well, it’s more complicated than you think, and today we want to include you in our journey of discovering what exactly WAV entails, how two WAV files can be vastly different, and even why some WAV files just don’t get recognised by your playback software. …

  • TRPTK Cable Comparison 2023

    Do cables make a difference? Depends on who you ask

    A short little while ago, we asked you to listen to a couple of samples recorded using different (analogue) microphone cables and fill out a form describing whether you hear a difference, and if so, what that difference entails. All this to, hopefully for once and for all, settle the age-old argument: do audio cables …

  • Classical Music

    The Classical era: an intricate symphony of elegance and clarity

    Hello to the community of curious music aficionados! Are you prepared to traverse the hallways of time and immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of the Classical era? A captivating chapter in the history of music, the Classical era, stretching from the mid-18th to the early 19th century, witnessed groundbreaking evolutions that continue to reverberate …

  • The Baroque era: unraveling the rich tapestry of 17th- and 18th-century music

    One of the most influential and intriguing periods in the history of Western music is the Baroque era, a time of profound change and evolution in musical expression and structure. Positioned between the Renaissance, a period known for the flourishing of humanist ideals and the beginnings of polyphony, and the Classical era, celebrated for its …

  • Spatial Audio Formats - Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D - TRPTK

    How to play Spatial Audio Downloads (Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Auro-3D or Discrete DXD)

    I think we can all agree that Spatial Audio is the final frontier when it comes to enjoying acoustic music, such as classical or contemporary classical music. Creating a holographic “image” with the musicians almost palpably in front of you, with the immersive acoustics of the recording venue all around it, all blended together to …

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