Great point about the mastering perhaps giving a more consistent quality, Emile...
I hadn't been so interested in actually listening to the comp, since I know it all already, until you guys reminded me about the remastering...It'll be interesting to hear how esp. certain tracks might sound better/different -- Wavejumper & The Countdown Has Begun come to mind off the top of my head, the 909 in the originals is so punchy and I think that record is kinda crusty, in a good way and in a bad way... I think some stuff could really benefit in some ways but maybe others might lose some specialness, even if they sound technically better, I'm pretty curious now...Especially I think where Ron Murphy was involved, it'll be interesting to hear the difference because it's bound to be pretty different...Everything he mastered (like Wavejumper/UR-030) had his touch, a bit of wildness that fit the music so well..On the other hand, it wasn't always a 100% success...;) jt On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Emile Facey <em...@bleep43.com> wrote: > As Marsel says, it'll depend on what Alden Tyrell has done in his mastering > process, and if it's to your taste. Mastering techniques have definitely > come a long way since some of this stuff was released originally but not > everyone will agree that they've got better. He's normally a really good > engineer though and the clips sound great to me. > > One thing that might be interesting is that remastering everything in one > session from the original tapes might give the tracks a more consistent > sound. I don't know for sure but I'd imagine that because a lot of them were > released on different labels, most of these 12"s were mastered by different > engineers at different cutting sessions and that as a result all the records > sound a bit different, well at least to my ears, they do. > > 07 UNKNOWN JOURNEY is definitely something I've never heard before or seen > on any original releases. > > > > > On 7 Dec 2011, at 09:48, Marsel van der Wielen wrote: > >> >> well, mastering is meant to have it sound better :-) >> >> but it's always personal judgement if it does of course >> and can depend on which system the music is played after (home headphones >> vs 100k stadium) >> >> >> >> Op 7-12-2011 10:45, Placid schreef: >>>> >>>> >>>> all re-mastered - >>> >>> >>> A quick question. Does remastering actually man its going to sound >>> better. What if the technique they use isn't as good as it originally >>> was.... >>> >>> Going back to a post a few months back on how the trax stuff had been >>> remastered to sound great on big sound systems but lacked mids and hi end >>> clarity >>> >>> here - http://www.offmodern.com/2011/06/revisionist-house/ >>> >>> just thinking... >>> >>> >
