(Afro-Cuban Jazz, Modern Jazz) [LP][24/96] Sahib Shihab - Seeds - 1969, FLAC (tracks)

Technique:
* Rega RP1 turntable
* Denon DL-110 high output moving coil cartridge
* Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 phono pre
* Tascam US-122 mkII USB interface
* Neutrik interconnects
* Knosti RCM
Soundtrack Pro for recording in 24/96
iZotope RX 2 for declicking and normalizing
Peak Pro 5 for splitting into individual tracks
files fully tagged in iTunes
XLD for FLAC conversion
Fujifilm X100 camera for high-resolution sleeve and label reproductions
Ripping and post processing technique:
I rip one side at a time at a recording level that places the peaks around -6db, as suggested by mastering engineer Barry Diament, in order to minimize distortion inside the ADC. I then painstakingly declick each side, taking various approaches depending on the material. Silence between tracks is treated using higher values in iZotope (‘multiband declicker random’ between 2.0 and 5.0) and musical parts lacking transients with lower values (between 1.0 and 3.0, depending on record condition). On modern recordings, where the declicker might mistake musical information for clicks or pops, declicking is done fully manually by listening to the entire side and observing the spectral view. I then apply fades to beginning and end of sides, and in rare instances where the surface noise is too distracting I also fade each track. Normalizing is done at -.3 db.
No NoNoise or EQ are used in my rips under any circumstances.

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