"The Cole Porter Mix" marked the first time I'd used the Aurora converters. When I first put up the tracks for mixing, I felt I wasn't hearing the same old digital sound. There was a character and quality to the sound that fit our project like a glove. There's a warmth and naturalness to the sound that's perfect for the recording.

"All of Patricia's recordings have been audiophile quality and this one is one of our best, thanks to the Aurora. Patricia's recording was tracked at CRC in Chicago and mixed at Brooklyn Recording, in Brooklyn. I used ProTools at 24/96 for recording, but didn't mix in the box. I used the Brooklyn Recording Neve 8068 for the mix with the Aurora converters.

"I'm certain the Auroras played a huge part in the quality of the album's sound. The album has received a rave review from Thomas Conrad in the September Stereophile Magazine:" "The Cole Porter Mix was recorded and mixed by Jim Anderson. The clean exactitude with which Barber's voice is conveyed is what allows her to render these songs with such intimate clarity."

Jim Anderson is a New York based recording engineer and producer. Specializing in jazz and acoustic music, he has worked with producers Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna, Dr. Mark Feldman, Tommy LiPuma, Delfayo Marsalis, Richard Seidel, Kazunori Sugiyama, Akira Taguchi, Creed Taylor, Matthias Winckelmann, among others, and has recorded projects for Toshiko Akiyoshi, Patricia Barber, Terence Blanchard, James Carter, Ron Carter, Jon Fadis, Joe Henderson, J.J. Johnson, Lorin Maazel, Branford Marsalis, Christian McBride, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Maria Schneider, McCoy Tyner, Phil Woods, John Zorn. Four of his recordings have received Grammy awards and eighteen have received nominations.

In television, he has worked with the Muppets, and has been the Audio Producer for "In Performance at the White House" and "The Kennedy Center Gala with the National Symphony" for PBS, among others. Emmy nominations have been given to many of his television projects.

A graduate of the Duquesne University School of Music in Pittsbugh,Pennsylvania, he has studied audio engineering at the Eastman School of Music and Sender Freies Berlin. During the 1970's, he was employed by National Public Radio and engineered and produced many DuPont and Peabody award winning classical, jazz, documentary, and news programs. Since 1980, has had a career as an independent audio engineer and producer, living in New York City. During the years 1999 and 2000, he was the Chairman of the New York Section of the Audio Engineering Society and is presently the AES Vice President for Eastern Sections.