AIX Records 3D Music Album Demo & Audio Calibration Disc 3D

AIX Records 3D Music Album™ Demo & Audio Calibration Disc is the third Blu-ray 3-D Disc using the Dolby® TrueHD lossless codec, and it consists of a variety of musical genres. The performances were recorded in June of 2010 at the Colburn School for Performing Arts in Zipper Auditorium and are not live concert videos, as there was no audience present during the recording sessions. AIX Records produces albums by recording all of the participants in real time without overdubs or digital processing of any kind. Two other AIX 3D Music Albums are reviewed in Issue 157, with three more to follow. The production features eight performances: "The White Horse Trail," performed by Laurence Juber on acoustic guitar; "Play Something Sweet" ("Brickyard Blues"), performed by Rita Coolidge singing with an 11-piece backup band; "A Little Too Late," performed by Mark Chesnutt singing and acoustic guitar and backup band; "Bach's Goldberg Variations Acoustica," performed by the AIX All-Star Band; "Skeeball," performed by flutist James Walker and Free Flight; "Into The Third Dimension," performed by Laurence Juber on acoustic guitar, Kevin Axt, on electric bass and MB Gordy on drums; "Mozart's String Quartet K 269 Movement I Allegro"; and "Bereuse," performed by Bryan Pezzone playing a Model D Steinway 9-foot concert grand piano. "Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5," with Cristian Mandeal conducting the Georges Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, is listed in the booklet and supports a 17-minute 3-D survey of various locations in Southern California. Mark Waldrep, PhD, the founder, president and chief engineer at AIX Records presents an Introduction to the 3D Music Album concept. The Blu-ray is fully compatible with standard 2-D Blu-ray Disc™ players and displays, so one can enjoy the disc even on a non-3DHD display. The disc also contains a complete set of audio calibration instructions and tones and is recommended as a reference to the exceptional audiophile quality that the company has built its reputation on. The disc features reference-quality Dolby TrueHD music tracks, and home theatre setup tests, such as the "Subwoofer Crossover Test" and "System Setup Tutorial," to help optimize the performance of a sound system. (Gary Reber)