Rainer Maillard and Sidney Claire Meyer from Emil Berliner Studios talk about technical aspects of mixing and cutting form the 8-track original tape directly to vinyl without any intermediate copy.

Herbert von Karajan & Die Berliner Philharmoniker
Anton Bruckner: Sämtliche 9 Sinfonien
17-LP-Set

Mixed & cut directly from 8-track 1-inch analogue master by Rainer Maillard & Sidney Claire Meyer
Released on Deutsche Grammophon 08/02/2024

0:00 Start
0:25 The recording locations Berlin Philharmonie and Jesus-Christus-Kirche
1:01 Recordings with two 8-track Studer A-80
1:14 Analogue multitrack recordings for quadrophonic playback
2:03 The tape box
5:06 The term “Original” & editing analogue tapes
7:06 The signal path for cutting from 8-track tape
9:31 Fixed pitch with shellacs
10:51 Variable pitch with magnetic tape
13:25 The mix from the 8-track original
14:52 Günther Hermanns' old mixes
16:40 The use of an echo chamber
18:03 Using artificial reverb
19:31 The four existing mixes
20:21 Using tape delay for the reverb
22:09 The digital recordings of symphony 1-3
22:21 A letter from Mr Wohlert to Mr Hirsch
24:13 Thank You

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