Audio recording & mixing
- Mobile digital recording studio
up to 21 microphone or up to 22 line channels simultaneously
plus 16 MIDI channels - Digital multi-track mixing in Logic Pro X
up to 255 mono or stereo tracks
Audio mastering
- Digital mastering for CD (Red Book standard), vinyl, or for online distribution
- DDP (Disc Description Protocol) file format creation
Audio restoration
- Digital editing of audio files: removal of tape hiss, tape drop-outs, phase issues, current hum, background noises, etc.
Analog media digitalization
- Vinyl LPs & singles
33 1/3 rpm & 45 rpm - Stereo compact cassettes
incl. noise reduction Dolby B, Dolby C, dbx - 4-track compact cassettes
standard speed, dbx, Tascam Porta One compatible - 1/4″ reel-to-reel 2-track master tapes
19 cm/s (7.5 ips), 38 cm/s (15 ips), standard reel with cine spindle, NAB hub, AEG DIN hub - 1/2″ reel-to-reel 8-track tapes, 38 cm/s (15 ips), NAB hub
Analog media restoration
- Vacuum cleaning service for vinyl LPs & singles with the “Okki-Nokki” record cleaning machine
- Reel-to-reel tape “baking” (drying) to restore dissolving and unplayable tapes (a.k.a. “sticky-shed syndrome”)
Legacy digital media conversion
- DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
digital (unprotected media only) or analog - MiniDisc
analog only, ATRAC1 format only
Pricing
See separate page
History
Home recording studio since 1988, live sound engineer 1992–1999, mobile analog recording studio 1995–2002, mobile digital recording studio 2003–present.
Recent works
Dabagage – Winter 22 / Summer 23
2023, CD album recording, editing, mixing & mastering, 8 tracks
Skailark – The Fool EP
2022, digital EP recording, editing, mixing & mastering, 5 tracks
Ch.A.S.A. – 1975 Live
2018 (released 2019), audio restoration, CD mastering, 9 tracks recorded 1975
Luděk Hulan – Jazz In My Soul
2018 (released 2019), CD reissue remastering, 11 tracks recorded 1962–1964
Traditional jazz studio – Entomologův sen (a.k.a. Entomologist’s Dream)
2018 (released 2019), CD reissue remastering, 12 tracks recorded 1972
Naima – Naima
2018 (released 2019), audio restoration, CD reissue remastering, 8 tracks recorded 1985–1986
Rudolf Dašek – Pohádka pro Beritku (a.k.a. Jazz On Six Strings)
2018 (released 2019), CD reissue remastering, 9 tracks recorded 1970
Venkyhessku – Obrázky z Království (Pictures from the Kingdom)
2018 (released 2019), CD co-production and mastering, 10 tracks recorded 2017
Jaromír Löffler – Tip tip tip / Stvoř ženu z mých přání
2018, audio restoration, 7″ mastering, 2 tracks recorded 1967–1968
V.A. – Czech Up! Vol. 2: We’d Be Happy
2018, CD & LP remastering, 22 tracks recorded 1968–1979
Betula Pendula – Cesta
2017, audio restoration, CD mastering, 15 tracks recorded 1987–1988
Plastic People Of The Universe – Apokalyptickej pták
2017, audio restoration, CD mastering, 12 tracks recorded live 1976
Švehlík – Za pochodu
2017, audio restoration, CD mastering, 9 tracks recorded 1978–1979
Švehlík & Amalgam – Lucerna 19. května 1978
2017, audio restoration, CD mastering, 13 tracks recorded live 1978
V.A. – Guido Rath: musikalische Seilschaften 1982–2017
2017, audio restoration, CD-R mastering, 24 tracks recorded 1983–2015
SHQ – Jazzové nebajky
2016 (released 2017), CD remastering, 10 tracks recorded 1972
SHQ – Motus
2016 (released 2017), CD remastering, 10 tracks recorded 1971
SHQ – SHQ and Friends
2016 (released 2017), CD remastering, 12 tracks recorded 1965
Jaromír Hnilička & Karel Velebný Tentet – Týnom tánom
2016 (released 2017), CD remastering, 10 tracks recorded 1970
C. Worth – Emilia
2016 (released 2017), LP mastering, 12 tracks
bluesalot.ch – Troubles, Troubles
2016, CD album recording, mixing & mastering, 13 tracks
V.A. – Czech Up! Vol. 1: Chain Of Fools
2016, CD & LP remastering, 25 tracks recorded 1966–1978
Aku-Aku – Ples loutek
2015, CD mastering, 10 tracks
Olympic – Everybody!
2013, CD & LP mastering, 24 tracks recorded 1965–1971
Testimonials
“[…] the crisp remasters are courtesy of sound engineer Lukáš Machata, whom you’ll want to thank for making these tracks sound as fresh as the day they were recorded.”