As long as Alden doesn't remaster it all Black box / Italo style, it should be good On Dec 7, 2011 3:43 PM, "JT Stewart" <etmach...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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... > >>> > >>> > > >
