Jeremy Olivier - Where The Light Gets In Behind the scenes at the Jeremy recording
“Hearing is believing and I had to hear this to believe it.
Harry van Dalen & Michael van Polen invited me to take part in a listening session at the shop to witness the effect of Schnerzinger's field elimination system.
Small boxes with bright lights and small antennas were placed at various points throughout the listening room. I must admit that I, as well as several other people in the room, were quite skeptical as to whether this equipment would have any effect whatsoever on the listening experience, but at the end of the session, Schnerzinger's pioneering giga canceling technology, had left a lasting impression on everyone.
In the days following the listening session I couldn’t help but wonder;
If this equipment has such a positive effect on the playback of music in the listening room, what is there to gain if one would use these tools on the outset, in the recording in the studio?
To find out, I decided to ad the Schnerzinger equipment to the recording setup recording Jeremy Olivier and Mike Del Ferro’s new album “Where The Light Gets In”
as well as Atzko Kohashi and Eddy Koopman’s “Sketches of seasons”.
During the recording sessions Harry, Michael and I noticed a calmness to the sound that was different as to how the sound in the studio normally felt. The sound stage seemed wider, deeper and more defined, the background more black, resulting in decisions regarding placement and depth being taken easily and intuitively.
I like to think of the sound stage as being 3 dimensional and the Schnerzinger equipment did help enforce that vision.
And a last but important bonus was that our ears got noticeably less tired, we worked through the entire day without ear fatigue.
We repeated the experiment again at the mixing and mastering stage and here again an improvement in the listening environment was perceived; more composure and solidity, and it seemed that the sometimes tedious process of repeated listening to the recordings over and over again never became boring.
‘Jeremy Olivier’s "Where The Light Gets In" is a surprising singer-songwriter album in the best Paul Simon tradition. Strong new compositions with adventurous re-workings of songs like Crazy Love (Van Morrison) and Anthem (Leonard Cohen). Recorded using the high definition direct recording principle and released in DXD,DSD, Flac as well as on 180 gram vinyl and SACD.’ Hifi.nl
‘“Where The Light Gets In'' captures the essence of Jeremy Olivier. It is a deeply emotional yet well balanced set, superbly well recorded by Sound Liaison engineer Frans de Rond, using the finest equipment the industry has to offer. This intimate masterpiece is a worthy addition to any audiophile collection.’ -P. Bjørnild