Needle-drops

Collated, corrected, revised and expanded, the new Needle-drop Handbook is a compete guide to making needle drops and processing them with Stereo Lab. Ideal for the collector, vinylista and the archivist.

Stereo Shuffling

• How Stereo works, and how can I improve it? A simple introduction to Stereo Shuffling the original FRANCINSTIEN
• FRANCINSTIEN stereo correction - a technical account
• FRANCINSTIEN FS1 - stereo enhancement
• BoF (Bride of FRANCINSTIEN) - stereo correction
• Using FRANCINSTIEN correction with stereo microphone arrangements
• Stereo Shuffling
• FRANCINSTIEN T-Sym - 3^rd generation stereo-correction technique

Headphones

• Head Space - for listening to stereo on the move
• ARIA 20 - stereo folddown of 5.1 upconversion

Surround Upmixing

• Stereo to 5.1 (5.0 & 4.0) upconversions

Microphone processors

• Binaural to Stereo conversion - Blumlein δ
• Crossed-cardioid enhancement (Crossed fours)

Quadraphonics decode

• SQ and QS Quadraphonic to 5.1 transcoding
• Cinema Surround
• JVC CD-4 Quadradisc decoding
  • Classic (high-quality) CD-4 decoder
  • Care of CD-4 records
  • A CD-4 case study
• Electrovoice EV-4 (Stereo-4) and Dynaquad
• BBC Matrix H quadraphonic
• UMX, BMX and UD-4 quadraphonic

Ambisonics decode

• Ambisonic Stereo UHJ to 5.1 transcoding

Digital Recovery

• Hi-Res upscaling for improving 16-bit (single sample-rate) audio files
• Unlimiting Sauce for undoing some of the damage done by digital limiting

Noise Reduction

• Cassette NR Helping to salvage precious music from cassettes
• Hum filters a phase-linear technique for the removal of interference from mains derived "hum"
• Cat.22 (Dolby A) decoder
• Mach ONE - Eliminate lathe rumble

Effects and other processes

• Groove for simulating phono replay
• Mono to stereo upconversion

CD and Tape Equalisations

• CD de-emphasis For stripping pre-emphasis from ripped CDs
• Correct for international tape EQ issues

More

• About Pspatial Audio
• Version release notes and Roadmap

Needle-drops (RIAA)

• Phono equalisation performed in software
• Linear-phase rumble filtering
• Dealing with "clicks and pops"
• LP Distortion Cancellation
• Cartridge Balance & Azimuth
• Inverse-RIAA processing
• Half-speed needle-drops
• Best cartridge for needle-drops
• Using moving-coil cartridges
• PHLUX-II phono cartridge response correction
• Quadraphonic records

Needle-drops (Historic equalisations)

• Support for historic recording characteristics
• How to deal with acoustic recordings
• Pspatial Audio's Equalisation Guide
• 78 RPM records
• Graδient noise reduction for shellac-era records
• Best cartridge for historic recordings
• A 78 RPM speed-changer (from 33⅓ RPM)
• Cylinder Records
• Cutting records

Needle-drops (General)

• Virtual Record Stabiliser
• Standard speeds and stroboscopes
• How do I find a flat phono preamplifier?
• How do I record needle-drops?
• Best equipment for needle-drops
• Performance of gramophone records
• New developments in phono-cartridge technology
• Three-quarter speed needle-drops