I have two different digital versions of the (originally analogue) recording "Blind Faith" album which Clapton & Baker made after the demise of Cream, together with Steve Winwood (formerly of Traffic) & Rick Grech (formerly of Family): one is a 16/44.1 "2001 remaster" with bonus tracks, most of which are nothing special, and the other a 2014 24/192 "HDTracks" transfer of the original album tracks only.
I popped the 2001 album on last night, but by the time I got to the 2nd track "Can't Find My Way Home", I was thinking "I've heard it better than this": I immediately switched to that same track on the 24/192 effort (which of course only gets to my Transporter as 24/96) & sure enough the percussion sounded much more dynamic, in particular the "snap" on the snare drum & the clarity & decay extension on the cymbal crashes. Accepting that the digital format itself ought not to be responsible for this, what particular tricks could have been used by the re-mastering engineer given that they must both have been produced from the analogue master tape (or an earlier digital transfer of it, it must be getting a bit long in the tooth by now since I am - I have the original release on vinyl, complete with its now totally inappropriate artwork)? I'm just curious how you it is possible to manipulate quite specific parts of a recording when you don't have a 48 (or more) digital multi-track recording to use. The effect I'm describing is quite marked, to the extent that I'm reasonably confident that anyone with access to these two versions will hear it too. How many tracks would an analogue studio master tape from 1969 actually have? Dave :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
