Hymns and Songs of My Mother:
Phase I - 1998 to 2004

Phase I presents the history and credits for the wonderfully talented artists, vocalists and technical persons who participated during Phase I in creating this album.

A special note of thanks to Ms. Heidi Gerber-Salins, who in her numerous functions, was more than the "right arm" in shepherding creation of Phase I.

Plus, subsequently she provided consulting during the long hiatus, helping identify things that would benefit from additions/changes in Phase II to produce this professional quality album.

Then, near the end of Phase II, she provided invaluable consultation that identified inconsistencies in effects, equalization and volume that diminished the perceived overall quality. Based on her inputs, we were able to correct those deficiencies achieving a very high quality final product.

Without her involvement and dedication to this project, it likely might never have come into existance, but definitely would not have acheived its excellence. Many, many thanks!!!

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Overview of Work Completed during Phase I: 1998 - 2004

A draft recording of the entire album were completed during Phase I. These included:

• A draft of all tracks, including numerous duets with Ms. Gerber-Salins. The rough draft of "Welcome Home" was with the author/composer (Kathy Brigman Haupt), who recorded it during her trip to sing this song at mother's memorial service in 1998. (We decided in Phase II to create a new arrangement of this song.);
• Many hymns and songs include a piano accompaniment as part of the mix;
• A portion of the hymns and songs also include accompaniments with orchestral instruments;
• One hymn was accompanied by Celtic Harp and Shuttle Pipe; and
• For Phase I, a number of hymns included keyboard electronic simulated pipe organ and a couple included Hammond Organ. (Those electronic instruments were replaced in Phase II with real pipe organ.);
• (In Phase II we added more shuttle pipe, plus handbells.)

Links to biographical credits for each of the artists involved during Phase I are accessible from the Artists Cross Reference page at Artists Cross References. Cross references are provided both by alphabetical last name and by instrument played. Click on the appropriate artist name or instrument and it will take you to the webpage describing their contributions to this album.

Technical Recording Process Note

The Phase I work on Hymns and Songs of My Mother  was recorded before wide commercial prevalence of the digital tools now widely used. The technical recording medium used for Phase I of this album, in both Studio A & B at Bias Recording Studio in Springfield, Virginia was:

• 24 track, 2 inch analog master tape;
• 30 inches per second;
• Using Dolby SR noise reduction.

NOTE. With the notable resurgence in analogue recording and production of vinyl records, Dolby SR is again more in use in recording studios with 2 inch 24 track analogue tape. Dolby SR's tape noise reduction capabilities are considered very close to what is achieved in digital recording. (However, you don't get access to the digital editing capabilities for mixing and mastering.)

For the Phase II work, the analogue audio from the master tapes was converted to digital at 24 bit sample size, at 88.2 samples per second, preserving the audiophile quality of the sound.

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