About us
For more than seventeen years, we have dedicated ourselves
to producing recordings of classical music on the highest artistic and technical
level: Our recordings, made in concert halls, castles and churches,
range from pre-Bach, classical and romantic music to contemporary and experimental
works.
Since 2004 we also produce audio books in our surround sound studio. We use only the best equipment on all of our recordings: in addition to ProAc studio monitors, we employ a Pyramix Super Audio CD workstation including high-quality DSD (Direct Stream Digital) AD/DA converters by emmlabs.
Holland Symfonia with GMD Ulrich Windfuhr during SACD-Recording im Concertgebouw Haarlem
On the road for you
For you we make surround sound and stereo recordings throughout Europe spanning solo works, orchestral pieces and beyond. We can offer you sound quality of the highest order. Our SACD recordings are made in pure DSD quality, with no conversions, thus preventing distortions of the recorded sound.
Making an audio book recording with Mirjam Wiesemann in the Cybele AV Studio
„... As soulful and natural as possible ...“ (FonoForum, 11/2004)
Super Audio CD Authoring
Bis zur Fertigstellung des Masters nach den Aufnahmen dauert es nur wenige Wochen.
Während der Nachbearbeitung werten wir das Aufnahmematerial mit größter Sorgfalt aus, wodurch ein optimales Schnittergebnis erzielt wird.
Since 2004 we also produce audio books in our surround sound studio. We use only the best equipment on all of our recordings: in addition to ProAc studio monitors, we employ a Pyramix Super Audio CD workstation including high-quality DSD (Direct Stream Digital) AD/DA converters by emmlabs.
Holland Symfonia with GMD Ulrich Windfuhr during SACD-Recording im Concertgebouw Haarlem
On the road for you
For you we make surround sound and stereo recordings throughout Europe spanning solo works, orchestral pieces and beyond. We can offer you sound quality of the highest order. Our SACD recordings are made in pure DSD quality, with no conversions, thus preventing distortions of the recorded sound.
Making an audio book recording with Mirjam Wiesemann in the Cybele AV Studio
„... As soulful and natural as possible ...“ (FonoForum, 11/2004)
Super Audio CD Authoring
Bis zur Fertigstellung des Masters nach den Aufnahmen dauert es nur wenige Wochen.
Während der Nachbearbeitung werten wir das Aufnahmematerial mit größter Sorgfalt aus, wodurch ein optimales Schnittergebnis erzielt wird.
Super Audio CD Authoring
The final step before the replication process of an SACD is called "authoring".
The final step before the replication process of an SACD is called "authoring".
If you send us your finished production master, we can provide you with the so-called "cutting master".
Because of our extensive experience in the field of multichannel and stereo SACD authoring, you can be sure that we will deliver you a cutting master that has been very precisely examined.
You could then send this master directly to the replication plant.
We are capable of making a cutting master from the following data carriers:
- AIT, AIT2, Tascam and ADAT tapes, EIDE (Atapi), SCSI or FireWire hard disc drives, DVD-ROMs; other possible data carriers on request
- All PCM formats between 44.1 kHz and 384 kHz (16 to 32 bits)
Biography
Ingo Schmidt-Lucas (Studio Manager & Sound Engineer)
Was born in Mainz and began studies of sound and vision engineering,
although his major was piano, at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule /
Fachhochschule Düsseldorf after graduating from high school. In 1994, he
founded the label Cybele Records for contemporary and classical music. In
1999, he finished his studies. In the late 1990s, he began to take a special
interest in surround-sound productions; in 2000, he founded his first
surround-sound studio. Since 2004, new Cybele Records titles are recorded
exclusively in surround sound and are issued as Hybrid Super Audio CDs. In
the same year, he and his wife Mirjam Wiesemann, an actress and speaker,
founded the "Wort&Musik" (Words & Music) series of audio books, the world's
first audio-book series to be produced exclusively in surround sound.
Lectures, seminars and workshops on recording techniques, surround sound and studio electronics at the Conservatory for Music and Dance in Rotterdam, the Institut für Computermusik und elektronische Medien of the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, Institut für Medien, Kommunikation und Informationstechnologie (MKI) of the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and the AES Convention, as well as the Tonmeistertagung, a meeting of recording engineers.
He collaborates with various radio networks, including Bavarian Radio, Deutschlandfunk, DeutschlandRadio Kultur, KRO Radio 4, Czech Radio, VPRO Radio 4, and West German Radio. He has worked regularly as a balance engineer for Deutschlandfunk in Cologne since 2003.
His recordings have received numerous prizes, including recognition as the Audiophile SACD of the Month and a Classicstoday 10/10 Award (USA), the Diapason d'Or (France), the ECHO Klassik prize and the Excellentia Award (Luxembourg), the IRR Outstanding Award (UK), the LEOPOLD Media Prize ('Good Music for Children'), the MIDEM Classical Award (categories 'Recording of the Year' and 'Choral Music'), and the Prize of the German Record Critics Association (Germany) which honors Cybele productions as Recordings of Exceptional Artistry (in the Categories Choral Music, Organ Music and Contemporary Music).
The final step before the replication process of an SACD is called "authoring".
The final step before the replication process of an SACD is called "authoring".
If you send us your finished production master, we can provide you with the so-called "cutting master".
Because of our extensive experience in the field of multichannel and stereo SACD authoring, you can be sure that we will deliver you a cutting master that has been very precisely examined.
You could then send this master directly to the replication plant.
We are capable of making a cutting master from the following data carriers:
- AIT, AIT2, Tascam and ADAT tapes, EIDE (Atapi), SCSI or FireWire hard disc drives, DVD-ROMs; other possible data carriers on request
- All PCM formats between 44.1 kHz and 384 kHz (16 to 32 bits)Biography
Ingo Schmidt-Lucas (Studio Manager & Sound Engineer)
Was born in Mainz and began studies of sound and vision engineering,
although his major was piano, at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule /
Fachhochschule Düsseldorf after graduating from high school. In 1994, he
founded the label Cybele Records for contemporary and classical music. In
1999, he finished his studies. In the late 1990s, he began to take a special
interest in surround-sound productions; in 2000, he founded his first
surround-sound studio. Since 2004, new Cybele Records titles are recorded
exclusively in surround sound and are issued as Hybrid Super Audio CDs. In
the same year, he and his wife Mirjam Wiesemann, an actress and speaker,
founded the "Wort&Musik" (Words & Music) series of audio books, the world's
first audio-book series to be produced exclusively in surround sound. Lectures, seminars and workshops on recording techniques, surround sound and studio electronics at the Conservatory for Music and Dance in Rotterdam, the Institut für Computermusik und elektronische Medien of the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, Institut für Medien, Kommunikation und Informationstechnologie (MKI) of the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and the AES Convention, as well as the Tonmeistertagung, a meeting of recording engineers.
He collaborates with various radio networks, including Bavarian Radio, Deutschlandfunk, DeutschlandRadio Kultur, KRO Radio 4, Czech Radio, VPRO Radio 4, and West German Radio. He has worked regularly as a balance engineer for Deutschlandfunk in Cologne since 2003.
His recordings have received numerous prizes, including recognition as the Audiophile SACD of the Month and a Classicstoday 10/10 Award (USA), the Diapason d'Or (France), the ECHO Klassik prize and the Excellentia Award (Luxembourg), the IRR Outstanding Award (UK), the LEOPOLD Media Prize ('Good Music for Children'), the MIDEM Classical Award (categories 'Recording of the Year' and 'Choral Music'), and the Prize of the German Record Critics Association (Germany) which honors Cybele productions as Recordings of Exceptional Artistry (in the Categories Choral Music, Organ Music and Contemporary Music).
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