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3M , based in neighboring Saint Paul, Minnesota , brought in a Prototype digital recording system in 1977 or 1978 . Nicknamed "Herbie" after Herb Pilhofer, the system was used for two recordings by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and one for Jazz group Flim And The BB's . One of the SPCO albums won the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Orchestra Recording in 1979 . Being a prototype, it was a very bulky and finicky system. For example, it used Wire Wrap boards and few, if any, Soldered connections. When it worked, the system had a number of good qualities. However, there was no editing ability for digital media at the time, so even minor flaws would require the whole track to be re-recorded. Tom Jung left the company to work in New York City , but created a mobile recording unit known as Road 80, which was rented to Sound 80 studios on occasion. Jung later created the company Digital Music Products (DMP), which also pushed the envelope of later digital audio technology (the company recorded the first multi-channel Super Audio CD ). The Sound 80 building was sold around 1990 , but it still exists and is now home to Orfield Labs who operate an Anechoic Chamber . At -9.4 DB , it is listed as "the quietest place on Earth" by the '' Guinness Book Of World Records ''. Artists who recorded at the studio include:
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Orfield Labs is a multi-disciplinary architecture and product research lab. In 2005, Guiness World Records listed our Anechoic Chamber as "the Quietest Place on Earth at 9.4 dBA Sound 80 was listed in Guinness again in 2006 as the "Oldest Digital Recording Studio in the World" |
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