Sound engineer Wolf-Dieter Karwatky from the BKL Recording Group: "The recording had been planned in advance for almost a year, and then about two months before recording was supposed to start, the idea developed after a conversation with Gregor Zielinsky (Sennheiser Artist Relations Manager) to make the recordings with the newest digital microphones from Sennheiser and Neumann. After discussing this with producer Michael Fine and Abbey Road Studios, the decision was final.

30 digital microphones were used for Bartok; Brahms required slightly fewer. RME DMC842s were used as preamplifiers, and their outputs were recorded via MADI directly in Sequoia.

BKL Recording Group had decided to use Sequoia as a recording medium for quite some time already, and producer Michael Fine, with whom we work closely, also acquired it. The decision to use Sequoia was also important for post-production, since by using Sequoia, Fine is able to work without dedicated hardware, and thus can do all the multitrack editing anywhere he is at the moment. Then the EDL is sent to me via "yousendit", and I can quickly do a partial mixdown for the artists.

For this large recording, the necessary Sequoia hardware (2 systems) was made available by Stephan Flock at RME, who also provided the DMC842s. Sequoia's extensive editing options are also a big help in post-production work."

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