British progressive rock pioneer King Crimson recently remastered their catalog for release in 5.1 audio with the help of PenteoSurround processing.
The group’s co-founder Robert Fripp chose Simon Heyworth to master the project at his Super Audio Mastering studios in southwest England.
Engineer Steven Wilson re-mixed the album in 5.1 audio from original multitrack masters, except for a few crucial tracks available only in stereo.
“The problem we have faced with ‘The Devil’s Triangle’ is our inability to find the original multi-tracks, leaving us with the original stereo mix,” commented Fripp in his online DGM Records diary.
“Simon’s masterly touch, along with Penteo, has polished the job.”
When Fripp and Heyworth were completing the 5.1 re-release of the group’s second album, 1970’s “In the Wake of Poseidon, they needed to Up-mix the original Stereo mix of “The Devil’s Triangle” (parts I, II, and III).
After extensive research into the options for stereo to 5.1 upmixing, they chose PenteoSurround over other options.
“PenteoSurround is stable, sonically accurate and free from phase problems associated with other methods,” explained Heyworth. “It is quite simply the best up-mixer I have ever heard.”
