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 …
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2023 Year in Review
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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, …
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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, …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Do cables really make a difference? Try it out yourself!
If you read this blog, you probably already know we have some pretty wild stuff in our studio — high-end boutique microphones, ultra-linear preamplifiers, a 5.1.4-channel system with high-end loudspeakers and amplification, and, perhaps controversially, really expensive cables. Some say there’s no difference at all between a high-end cable and a coat hanger, some say …
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Behind the Scenes: Creating The Power of Indifference
Maya Fridman’s The Power of Indifference marks two important milestones: it’s Maya’s first album with her own music, and it’s our new label TRPTK X’s first album. The album has been such a wild ride to produce, with almost 20 days of recording sessions on all sorts of instruments both real and electronic/virtual as well …
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Introducing TRPTK X
TRPTK’s motto has for a long while been “Recording the extraordinary”; recording extraordinary immersive experiences with extraordinary artists from all over the world. These immersive experiences in pretty much all cases have been recorded of acoustic performances, in concert halls, churches, and other places with beautiful acoustics. We simply record what’s happening in that moment, …