Mastering Unreleased Performances of the Tomasz Stanko Quintet

Astigmatic Records uses AI stems to master 1970’s broadcast of revered Polish trumpeter

To commemorate Tomasz Stanko’s 80th birthday, Astigmatic Records partnered with the Tomasz Stańko Foundation and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute to release these performances in two parts “Wooden Music I” and “Wooden Music II.”

In mastering the second album, sound engineer Marcin Cichy found that the archives of the Wooden Music II had a serious problem that prevented the production of the analog record. To properly mix the unreleased performance, Cichy needed access to the stems from this original performance. With AudioShake, the stems from the archival broadcast tape were created in seconds, allowing Cichy to master the album at the proper caliber and elevate Stanko’s performance for listeners.

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“The resulting stems enabled me to seamlessly re-mix the audio material. To preserve the original atmosphere of the recording, I could smoothly switch between new stems and the original stereo mix while working, thus eliminating problematic moments… We are at the beginning of the road where AI technology comes to help us and literally do the work for us which was previously impossible, the results are already extremely promising and of satisfactory quality.” — Marcin Cichy, sound engineer for “Wooden Music I” and “Wooden Music II.”

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