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SAN FRANCISCO: Reference Recordings is proud to report that our own
“Prof.” KEITH O. JOHNSON
has received his eighth Grammy nomination! This is our first release in Surround Sound.
Category 94
Best Surround Sound Album
For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.
BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRA
Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony
Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineer
David Frost, surround producer
[Reference Recordings]
We wish to extend our congratulations to all who were instrumental in bringing this outstanding album to life:
Kansas City Symphony Conductor: Michael Stern; Executive Director: Frank Byrne
Producer: David Frost (2010 Grammy Nomination for Producer of the Year, Classical)
Engineer: Keith O. Johnson
Reference Recordings Staff: Tam Henderson, Marcia Martin, Sean Martin, Bill Roarty, Janice Mancuso
And very special thanks to all the Sponsors of the Kansas City Symphony without whom
this recording could not have been made. We all hope for a win on February 13, 2011!
Keith O. Johnson is known for his many outstanding recordings and contributions to entertainment technology. He began by building a three-channel magnetic tape recorder and ribbon microphones in high school, which earned him a scholarship and training program from Ampex Corporation. At Stanford University, he recorded music groups and constructed a solid-state portable recorder that would ultimately record and master over 100 record releases. He introduced radio-frequency bias methods and photolithography construction of heads to significantly advance the state of recording art. He consulted to Sherman Fairchild, who licensed this patented “focused gap” technology for recorders he built for RCA. Johnson’s professional achievements and patents also include:
- Partnered Gauss Electrophysics and applied recording methods and patented air suspension of tape to standardize and dominate the high-speed tape duplication industry for many years.
- Developed an optical scanner to remove noise from damaged motion picture sound tracks. Famous movies are still being restored with the devices.
- Partnered Reference Recordings and has engineered over 120 exceptional titles.
- Designed critically acclaimed high-end audio equipment for Spectral Incorporated for almost 20 years.
- To improve the compact disc, he partnered with Pacific Microsonics and contributed important parts of the HDCD process and patents. Johnson’s ideas — morphing filters, hidden codes in dither, conversion sequences or pipelines — are amongst the first of their kind. Microsoft bought the company and Johnson provided a speaker correction method to remove object-related sounds from small speakers. For Microsoft, he also helped develop a system based on generic speaker models and simplified files that is bundled with Windows software to improve computer speaker sound.
- He has received many awards, including 2 Grammy®-winning releases, 7 nominations for Best Engineered Classical Recording, 2 NAIRD Indy winners for Best Recording, 2 Absolute Sound Golden Ear awards, and 3 awards from the Academy Advancing High Performance Audio.
BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRA – Michael Stern / Kansas City Symphony – RR-120
2 Lacrymosa 7:53 3 Dies irae 5:02 4 Requiem aeternam 6:17
5 Dawn 4:04 6 Sunday Morning 3:46 7 Moonlight 4:26 8 Passacaglia 7:19 9 Storm 4:44