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Read all about the experimental recording process in this Recording Report.

My Reel Club presents a unique music recording process: two alternative versions of live studio performances using the same recording chain in parallel. The comparative listening of the two versions is an exciting and thrilling experience. It allows audiences to transparently analyse the results of the two recordings with different technologies. By comparing the two versions, the listener can evaluate the capabilities of the device chain and loudspeakers at home, the accuracy of the spatial placement, the natural timbres and the quality of the sound field. Listeners will be able to understand how modern music production processes alter live sound.

Planets (The Original – Raw DXD Recording) is raw, live recorded, mixed without post-production, and digitised as the highest quality DXD digital stereo file. There was no mastering process at all. Maximum dynamics. The chain includes one of the top A/D converters (Merging Anubis ADC with external linear power supply, Pyramix recording software).

Planets (The Mastered) is the same live event as The Original – Raw DXD Recording, same analogue recording chain, but recorded in a more commercial multichannel way. In this version, a simultaneous microphone feed was transferred to a Pro Tools system using the same analogue chain in a typical multi-track configuration with 192 kHz 24-bit sampling, then enhanced in post-production by mastering engineer István Matók.

The works on the Planets album, written by composer/jazz guitarist Gábor Juhász, were inspired by long stargazing evenings during the Pandemic. His compositions reflect the ethereal, mystical and distant world of the planets and, simultaneously, the lonely genius of Copernicus: humanity’s restless, constant striving for further discovery. Gábor Juhász said that playing his new compositions in the studio, knowing that the music would be available to a broader audience without any editing or post-production, was an exciting task with a high level of responsibility. This recording was also a unique experience for world-famous saxophonist Tony Lakatos, who also highlighted the talent of Júlia Karosi and the “fantastic musicians of the trio”. According to Tony, the enchanting female voice represents the Venusian character of the planets.

Gábor Juhász Trio
Gábor Juhász – guitar
Zoltán Kovács – double bass
György Jeszenszky – drums

Julia Karosi – vocals
Tony Lakatos – saxophone