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matutevip
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 13:33 |
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Would you like an Emergency, ROTSC and TWM Remaster???
A couple of days ago, i was talking to my girlfriend that it would be awesome to have a remaster of the three first albums, because i think that their sound is kind of soft and not the best quality. What do you think??? would you like a remaster???, imagine one with some new versions of the old songs as extra bonuses!.
What do you think? _________________ Sounds Kind Of Funky!!
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Javis
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 13:54 |
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I'm not sure if I'd like that.
the volume in the recording is becoming more louder with the pass of the time and most of the remastering done nowadays are only increasing the volume of the tracks, making them to loose quality.
edit: I found an interesting article about it in the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war |
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Gonza-Arg
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 17:39 |
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Javis wrote: |
I'm not sure if I'd like that.
the volume in the recording is becoming more louder with the pass of the time and most of the remastering done nowadays are only increasing the volume of the tracks, making them to loose quality.
edit: I found an interesting article about it in the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war |
true, plus, the sound of the "old" jamiroquai records is awesome |
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Nesta
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 17:44 |
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I would remaster ROTSC only. The levels on that are low. Very low. If you listen to EOPE and TWM you can tell they levels dipped big time for ROTSC.
Emergency levels are great
TWM levels are great
ROTSC levels are too low.
While it may seem that the levels are going up with each passing year in fact they are not. When you master something you get all the levels to industry standards which basically means "radio airplay" standards. So that is the top level. What gives the impression of higher volume is the increased compression put on the mixes. Too much compression is a bad thing. Way too much comrpession is a very bad thing.
This is why some t.v. commercials are so loud compared to the show you are watching or other commercials. There is only so much volume the FCC will allow here in the US, so the way they get around it is crank up the compression. The volume is still the same but the compression gives the impression that it's otherwise. _________________ www.jahcoustic.com |
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matutevip
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 18:24 |
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Nesta: thanks for the explanation. Regarding the sound of the old records, i think is not of a great quality, besides that the volume is low, the quality is not thaaat good. I know that is a sentimental thing, but try to listen to them, listen to the version of Blow your Mind from Emergency and then listen to the greatest hits one, and you will see the diference in quality. Specially in the drums, and percussion. _________________ Sounds Kind Of Funky!!
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jamfan2005
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 01:44 |
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If they remastered them properly, I would love TWM. ROTSC and EOPE would be nice too, but TWM is when I really got into Jamiroquai so it has a special place in my heart |
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Dye
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 04:59 |
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No.
They will f*ck it up. I don't know what's happening lately with all the sound engineers, they've all become deaf or something, a generation of morons behind the sound desk. They put all things loud, loud.
I've read an article long time ago, they prepare the tracks so they can be heard on Ipods and all that stuff. So, they need to somehow screw the sound so that high and lows could be heard through those small headphones.
It's terrible.
Not everything needs to be loud. Manifest Destiny doesn't need to be loud. I can understand it with a track like Little L that is meant for the dancefloor, but the sound of this records add a lot to their quality. |
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ophone
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 07:13 |
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I totally agree with you Diego! _________________
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matutevip
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:28 |
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I am not saying that all they should do is crank up the volume, i am saying that they should update the quality of the sound thats it!. Dye wouldnt you like to hear a beautifull song as "manifest destiny" in high quality?? _________________ Sounds Kind Of Funky!!
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John Doggett
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 18:17 |
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Check the difference in the sound between Stillness in Time album version and the Vinyl Version on the maxi single: this last one got a better and a pure sound. I wish one day the album may be remixed like that.
But I'm still enjoy this album! _________________ "People find it's hard to be strong, cos' they don't know where they're coming from" |
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Andrew
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 08:32 |
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I had a quick look at one or two waveforms of the tracks off RDLS when I ripped it and the "loudness" looked pretty high. In Adobe Audition you can "hard limit" the amplitude to boost the volume without clipping. A bit unnatural, but you don't get distortion that way. It looked like it had had something like that done to it to make it more punchy or whatever.
From my limited knowledge of audio stuff like this I would think its obvious that proper remastering would mean going back to the original multitrack source and going from there... I dunno, a remastered album might lose some of its charm and be too "clean" if you know what I mean.
I guess it couldn't hurt - it's not like you'd have to listen to them... _________________
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FunkyVibes
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 00:16 |
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I would be more receptive toward a remaster if Sony brought in Al Stone. I doubt they would do that, however, so I'm opposed to the idea.
I wouldn't mind if Sony had Al Stone re-produce/master AFO & Dynamite. I bet he could make those albums sound a lot more interesting. |
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FunkyDonkey
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 09:25 |
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Just an additional information: The singles were remixed on the Greatest Hits. _________________ I once had a 10 years of Travelling Without Moving celebrations banner here... |
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freeetz!
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 14:52 |
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But Al Stone was the man behind the mixing desk for TRotSC, if I'm not mistaken. So what's the point of bringing him in for remastering, if the album was his work in the first place?
I would really like to hear a remastered version of TRotSC, because the original album has some kind of dimness in the sound, if you know what I mean. |
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matutevip
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 15:11 |
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some kind of dimness in the sound |
I understand what you are saying, and if what you are saying is that the sound is like smothered, we are thinking alike. What i feel when I listen to the album is like they are playing inside a glass box. I mean the bass slapping in mr. moon it doesnt sound as it suppose to sound. Guys i love those albums, dont get me wrong, and i dont think that remastering the sound will kill the vibe of the albums. if done right shouldn't kill anything, it should make it even better. _________________ Sounds Kind Of Funky!!
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