ausArt Capriccioso and 24-bit audio

ABOUT US

ausArt Capriccioso is the label of ausArt records, the Basque Classical label, dealing with audio DVD and DVD audio recordings.

Plenty has been written about the advantages and shorcomings of the CD format. The main drawback of this format lays in the restrictions implicit in only using 16 bits. 24-bit audio addresses these by opening the "gate" to the incorporation of extra data from around the 60,000 bits of the 16-bit format to several million bits. Coupled to this, there is also the possibility of increasing the sampling speed from 44.1kHz - CD standard - to 48kHz and beyond. Nature tells us that beyond 60kHz it is impossible for living creatures to perceive any sound but there are certain listening demands that seem to require sampling frequencies of up to 192kHz.

At ausArt Capriccioso we publish recordings in 2 different formats:

* audio DVD, 24-bit, 96kHz, and

* DVD Audio at 24-bit, 96kHz.

Same words, different order and needs.

"audio DVDs" are Video DVD that take advantage of the audio specification of the Video DVD - up to 24-bit, 96kHz, without video signal or avery small one. They can be reproduced in any domestic DVD player.

"DVD Audio" is an exclusive audio format that requires a special DVD player.

The ausArt records setup

Created in 1994 as the Basque classical label, we established three objectives from the beginning:

- popularize worldwide the Basque classical repertoire,

- serve as a platform for artists living in Vasconia, and

- recuperate old and historical recordings which due to the uphealvals of recent Basque history had fallen into oblivion. We have to date, May 2008, edited around 140 titles.

Our other web sites are:

www.basqueclassics.com, an English web site with lots of information about Basque composers, our catalogue and mp3 trakcs for free downloading.

www.basque-media.com, our multilingual shop where you will find CDs, scores and books galore, and

www.doinu.com our general musical info web site, in Spanish, with plenty of top tracks to download for free.