Vale Wayne Smith - Chapple Magnetics

It's a sad day when you hear of the passing of a work colleague and no more so than good friend Wayne Smith from Chapple Magnetics in Melbourne

I was contacted by Simon Murphy from FujiFilm this morning who passed on the sad news. 

I only spoke with Wayne a few weeks ago and he was his normal vibrant self, no hint of a problem and we discussed catching up at this year's Entech as our paths don't cross as often as they used to with the massive changes in our Industry.

Although we were to some degree competitors in business our friendship surpassed that and I'm sad to hear that he passed away on Friday (cause yet to be determined). 63 is way too young.

I raise a glass to you Wayne,

and condolences to your family

RIP my friend

Mark Whitehouse

Manager 

and friends at ProCopy

How does the oldest surviving English Style Grand Piano Sound?

 How does the oldest surviving English Style Grand Piano Sound

The oldest-surviving English grand piano, one of the first ever made, was built by the piano maker Americus Backers in London in 1772 and has now been returned by English Heritage to the home of its former owner, the Duke of Wellington.

The Today programme's reporter Tom Bateman went to hear it being played by Pianist and composer Professor David Owen Norris.

Link to the audio of the oldest surviving English Style Grand Piano here

Does Mp3 or m4a processing affect my music?

It's taken a while to put this article together! However we've compiled a practical demonstration of what "data compression" does to your music. 

In this article we've compared two of the most popular formats "Mp3" and "m4a" with a WAV file extracted from a CD.

Read the full article with audio examples here:   

We think most people will be surprised by the impact of some of the processing & hopefully this demonstration goes some way to giving you an explanation why we insist on the best quality masters you can provide for your CD projects.

ISC announces 2012 Winners

ISC ANNOUNCES THE 2012 WINNERS GRAND PRIZE AWARDED TO JOSHUA HANSON OF YELLOW RED SPARKS FOR THE SONG "MONSTERS WITH MISDEMEANORS" Click here to see the complete list and to hear the winning songs. Congratulations to all winners!

April 30, 2013 – The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), widely recognized as the world's premier songwriting event, today announced its 2012 winners. ISC's Grand Prize is awarded to Idaho native Joshua Hanson of the band Yellow Red Sparks for his song "Monsters With Misdemeanors," entered in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category. The Grand Prize winner is awarded $25,000 in cash (US) and an additional $40,000 in merchandise and services. A total of 68 winners from 119 countries worldwide were selected from over 20,000 entries, and for the first time ever, more than half of the winners are from outside the USA. Past ISC winners include Gotye, The Band Perry, Kasey Chambers, Amanda Palmer, Gin Wigmore, King Charles, Kimbra, Passenger, Andrew Bird, and many more. "ISC's mission is to inspire and promote greatness in the field of songwriting," says Candace Avery, Founder and Director. "It is humbling to hear so many talented songwriters, and it is gratifying to play a part in the growth of the winners' careers." Established in 2002, ISC awards more than $150,000 in cash and prizes to amateur and professional songwriters around the world and provides a platform for them to have their songs heard in an international arena.

What did Alexander Graham Bell Sound Like?

Ever wonder what Alexander Graham Bell sounded like? Thanks to the hard work of the Smithsonian institute in the USA they have now recovered a voice recording made over a hundred and twenty years ago.

 Here's the full article and recovered Alexander Graham Bell Voice audio. 

This is the kind of work that gives us the inspiration for many of the audio restoration projects we do at Procopy. 

More details of our audio work here:

Call us on 1300 4 PROCOPY with any audio restoration needs