DSD field support for SACD production
moves to Polyhymnia International B.V.
Since August 2004, a significant part of Sony’s DSD field support services for Europe have been transferred to Polyhymnia International, located in Baarn, the Netherlands.
Leendert van Zanten, a former DSD engineer at Sony Europe, is now working at Polyhymnia International, offering a wide range of professional DSD field recording and post-production services formerly provided by Sony’s European SACD Business Centre.
These services include:

Rental of DSD recording and postproduction equipment:
- DSD workstations, Sonoma, Pyramix Virtual Studio, Sadie dsd8
- Genex GX9048 48 track DSD harddisk recorder
- Various DSD converters, incl. Meitner Labs and dCS AD-DA converters, Prism AD-DA-DD format converters, and dCS format converters
- Meitner Labs pre-amp/surround monitor controllers
- Sony Scarlet Book Annex D and E reference level meters.
- Complete DSD surround recording systems

Consultancy: includes assisting with technical problems relating to DSD productions, as well as providing seminars and workshops about the possibilities of the SACD medium.

Studio services: SACD authoring, including playing-time optimisation and level fixes, DSD multichannel recording, editing and mastering, high-end direct-to-DSD analogue remastering, Scarlet Book level check of edited masters and cutting masters, and format conversions of any audio source to and from DSD.

Complete SACD Disc Replication package: Polyhymnia can assist with every step of the production process, including DSD recording, mixing, mastering, editing, authoring, artwork design, meta data, formatting of the cutting master tape, and delivery of SACDs.

Demonstration of the capabilities of the SACD format: With their extensive field experience and custom-built DSD and SACD equipment, Polyhymnia engineers provide the highest quality sound demonstrations for trade conventions, consumer shows, and PR events.

 

Leendert van Zanten
Tel	+31 35 5480677
	+31 35 5480660
Mobile	+31 6 2269 3517
Fax	+31 35 5432550
Email	leendert@polyhymnia.nl
	Leendert.van.zanten@superaudio-cd.com