| PS Audio has announced the launch of Octave Records, a new audiophile record label that supports the livelihood of musicians. The newly formed label’s premier release, “Out of Thin Air” by GRAMMY-winning pianist and composer Don Grusin is a solo piano recording engineered and mastered by Gus Skinas using the Sonona DSD high-resolution recording system. PS Audio says the release is available on a two-disc limited-edition SACD/CD disc set containing pure DSD, hi-res 192kHz/24-bit PCM and CD formats. “Along with our dedication to producing the best-sounding recordings available today, Octave Records offers a different kind of business model,” states Paul McGowan, PS Audio CEO. “To support musicians, Octave covers 100% of all studio, mixing, mastering, production, distribution and marketing expenses so that artists may directly share in retain sales revenues – while also retaining ownership of their music.” “Out of Thin Air” features Don Grusin performing a variety of jazz-based original solo piano compositions, ranging from the introspective opener, “Classical September” to the playful “Willow Dance” and “Grusin Likes Gershwin,” the artist’s tribute to the beloved composer. |
| Octave Records exclusively employs the Sonoma multi-track recording system, which uses pure one-bit Direct Stream Digital® (DSD) technology. Out of Thin Airwas recorded “live” and mixed at Grusin’s Moose Sound studio in Colorado using the Sonoma system, AEA R88 and Sanken CO-100K mics, Forsell Technologies and Integer Audio mic preamps, EMM Labs ADC8 Mk IV A/D and DAC8 Mk IV D/A converters and other state-of-the-art equipment. No compression was used in the mastering. The result is a natural-sounding recording with extraordinary clarity and realism, with the tonal and dynamic range of Grusin’s Yamaha C7FII grand piano captured with remarkable presence and nuance. |
