Long before the current global economic downturn, Sanch had seen the need to diversify its core operations from manufacturing. More emphasis would be placed on providing quality audio engineering and related services to our diversified clientele.

The latter encompasses essential technical and creative aspects of music production. Recording, editing, mastering and replication are featured on the one hand, alongside composing, arranging and performing on the other. PIE envisages that the acoustic Steelpan would be the preferred instrument for use in all practical aspects of curriculum delivery.

Meanwhile, Sanch has licensed its entire catalogue for downloading in Europe, through an agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago Entertainment Company. We will release a few new CDs annually, concentrating on our Special Edition Series, produced from first-generation digital recordings remastered in HDCD® format. Sanch has successfully produced eight of these to date, packaged as dual CDs for the price of one.

Our advanced audiovisual mastering suite is appropriately staffed to provide the following services in addition to facilitating the Pan in Education Business Model Curriculum:

• Archive restoration and transference
• Customised CD production
• Graphic design
• HDCD® mastering
• Jingle production
• Multi-track studio recording
• On-location recording
• Sound reinforcement
• Still photography
• Videography and video editing

A recent article written for the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has been posted on the sanch website. As usual, your comments would be appreciated.

Simeon L. Sandiford
Managing Director