David Elias
DSD DISC Download
The
Window - with Bonus Track
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Pioneering the DSD Disc -- A new way to get HD audio to your home is now possible as an online download in the native DSD format! Impossible to imagine just a few years ago, DSD Discs can be played on ANY MODEL of PlayStation3 including PS3 Slim as well as other equipment (use analog output). This turns any home theater into an excellent platform for auditioning HD recordings. "The Window" DSD Disc was originally released on Nov. 16th 2009. It was the world's very first indie DSD Disc downloads. Working with SuperAudioCenter.com in Boulder, CO "The Window" has paved different roads in innovation for HD quality recordings.
The DSD Disc download is another attempt to reach audiences interested in the quality and honesty of ambient recordings made using the sonically spacious DSD format. "It sounds like an analog recorder without the flaws." It can also be backed up and last forever with no degradation. Thanks to all listeners for their continued support. "The Window" is out of print as a Multichannel (stereo and 5.1 mixes) hybrid SACD. You can now listen to the exact same quality (DSD stereo mix only) as a DSD Disc download. This recording never left the DSD domain as is so considered "Pure DSD"! Software such as the free Audiogate download from Korg allows you to convert the DSD downloaded files to any other format of your choice including WAV and FLAC. The free Audiogate software also will burn DSD Discs for you! This makes the value of DSD recording even easier to take advantage of and listen to. Click Here... Here's what someone on Amazon said about "The Window" (5-stars): "If you want to know what SACD is all about...then get a SACD player and this SACD. Every time I queue it up in my 5 disc changer/player, even if I start doing something else in the interim, I stop and sit and smile for at least a song or two when this one comes up. David's voice and acoustic guitar, the supporting musicians, the clarity of the recording, the overall production of the album are second to none. Many, if not most, other SACD recordings are mixed into the SACD format either after being recorded before DSD/SACD format was invented or after being recorded on the more typical/standard studio equipment; a true DSD recording, such as this one, is still a rarity. If you're an acoustic music fan this one is a must have." "The Window" DSD Disc has all of the original unchanged SACD songs recorded, mixed and mastered in their native DSD format plus a bonus track "Vision of Her" . The Window has been reissued as a Pure DSD Disc download with new bonus track! You can read about the making of "The Window" at Immersive Studios in Boulder, with session photos by Gus Skinas online at PFO here: www.positive-feedback.com The ulitmate quality in Hi-Def recording (2.8MHz!) and award winning music is now a download here! You can download the entire "The Window" DSD Disc including an extra Bonus Track "Vision of Her"! . (Be sure to click to return to Sketti Sandwich Productions from PayPal to go to the download page.) Even if you have "The Window" SACD, this DSD Disc download includes an additional Bonus Track of "Vision of Her" recorded at Slipperworld Studios in La Honda, Calif. with Chris Kee and Charlie Natzke. Pure DSD! Recorded, mixed and mastered on the Sonoma DSD workstation, you get to hear first generation quality audio on various media players that support DSD (Direct Stream Digital).
Do you have a Sony PlayStation3 (any PS3 model) or any Korg MR-Series Portable Recorder or Sony XA5400ES or XE800. If so, you can now listen to this award-winning recording in its original HD stereo format as DSD. Many believe that DSD (developed by Sony and Philips) is the very best audio format for hiqh quality recordings. Listening to "The Window" as DSD is 100% equivalent to hearing the original studio master which was recorded in this exceptionally natural, vinyl-like format. But unlike LP's, DSD Disc quality lasts forever! DSD is the encoding format used on ultra HD quality SACD's. "The Window" is one of the few ("Crossing" is another) popular music SACD's recorded originally(not remixed/remastered) to DSD. So you are hearing the studio original DSD master! How You Create the DSD Disc...
Once you have downloaded the single (ISO) file, use it to burn a DVD on a PC or Mac. You must use software (like Nero or the free ImgBurn) to burn the DVD referencing the ISO image you downloaded. You can then play the DVD directly in the different ways described below. The time it takes to download the ISO file (137MB) depends on the speed of your Internet connection. Important
Notes : Make sure you use software (like Nero or ImgBurn) to burn the DVD. Reference the ISO download file and burn a DVD. You cannot simply copy files downloaded to a DVD. How You Play the DSD Disc...
The new media is referred to as a DSD Disc which allows the DSD encoded audio to be properly written to a DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW as DSF data files, and played through a variety of players including the Sony PlayStation3, or a Sony SCD-XA5400ES or SCD-XE800 universal player . In addition, the audio files (DSF files) may be imported into a portable Korg MR-Series digital recorder/player (MR-1, MR-2, MR-1000, 2000(S)) and so played in the native format. As a PURE DSD recording, you can then listen to "The Window" as a source master stereo mix in this fashion . |
