A New Angle

A New Angle is the 3rd album from Electronic Music group Empty Triangles on the Audio Define label. The group’s first album Empty Triangles (Exclusive NativeDSD Edition) won the 2021 NativeDSD Album of the Year Award for Electronic Music. All three albums from Empty Triangles are available at NativeDSD in exclusive DSD editions.

Recorded and mixed to Analog Tape on Teac X1000R and a Akai GX-1900D Analog Tape Reel to Reel recorders. The album was transferred from the Analog Master Tape (Recording the masters SM91 1/4 inch, 10 1/2 inch) at Alien Hourglass Studios, Australia, using a serviced Teac X1000R reel to reel.

The DSD transfer was done through a Tascam DA-3000 master recorder at Stereo DSD 128 (5.6 MHz). Several transfers were performed and compared to eliminate any chance of calibration issues. Additional adjustments, when required, we’re done using the Pyramix DSD Workstation from Merging Technologies.

Some of the tracking (most significantly Track 2 – PC Load Letter), was done digitally and composed with the multi tracker/sequencer application, impulse tracker on an old computer, running Windows 98. The output of the computer (the Sound Blaster Pro sound card, was routed into the mixing console for recording and light adjustments to the levels and EQ of the individual tracks.

Empty Triangles