Comments for Kitaro, The Light of the Spirit

All songs written and arranged by KitaroMixed by KitaroRecorded by Tom FlyeAssisted by Tom Size and Noboru KatoMastering by George HornAdditional musicians: David Grisman: mandolin John Meyer: flute Lynn Ray: vocal Jeannie Tracy: vocal David Jenkins: electric guitar Bobby Vega: electric guitar Zakir Hussain: percussion Jose Lorenzo: percussion Bobby Black: pedal steel guitar Tomoyuki Hayashi: keyboards Norihiro Tsuru: violin Hiroshi Araki: guitar Mickey Hart: percussion, spatial effectsProduction: Jeff Sterling: synthesizer operator and programmer Pat Hill: production assistant Ruriko Sakumi: production assistantThis project was tracked at Kitaro`s Studio in Japan on anOtari DTR900 thirty-two track digital recorder using one inchtape. Overdubs were done at Fantasy Studio "D", Berkeley,California, on a Mitsubishi X850 thirty-two track digitalrecorder. The project was mixed from an Otari DTR900 thirty-two track to a Mitsubishi X80 digital recorder using one-quarter inch tape. In the mastering process Meyer`s PhaseCorrection Filters were used to feed the signal to a spherecustom console using Sontec equalization. Finally, the signalwas transferred to the Sony PCM 1630 digital recorder usingU-Matic tape which has a sampling rate of 44.1 KHz. Thismaster tape was used in making the compact disc. The finalanalog master disc was cut from the Mitsubishi X80 as wellas the bin loop master for the audio cassettes. John Meyer`sMeyers Model 833 Studio Monitors and Subs were used in theoverdub sessions.