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Sounds like he just goosed the highs and lows to me.
As for the 96/24, Iron Mountain made high quality digital backups before they sent out the analog masters. So there are probably 96/24 DAT audio tape masters (unless they used DASH In the early-2000’a or their own format)), at Iron Mountain, and Richard would used those masters for the RPO, so the current digital masters are probably at a high resolution and would be comparable to the analog masters.It's also a little compressed. You can tell when her vocal comes in. He then added reverb that he then rolled off when the choruses come in. I know, I know...shut up, Ed...LOL! It's just not my thing. The original mix was so good that it never needs to be messed with. All of "Horizon" sounds so good sonically. As for the 96/24 thing, that's dubious too. He'd have to have access to a master and we know they're gone. (sniff, sniff) It's also a little hissy The master tape had DBX on it if I'm not mistaken so it was pretty quiet. Maybe this is a goosing of a Quad LP or the reel?
He's done a few of these that I can see. "This Masquerade" sounds really hollow and just bad, though it is kind of interesting to hear the flute nearly naked. Love that solo.
Ed
As for the 96/24, Iron Mountain made high quality digital backups before they sent out the analog masters. So there are probably 96/24 DAT audio tape masters (unless they used DASH In the early-2000’a or their own format)), at Iron Mountain, and Richard would used those masters for the RPO, so the current digital masters are probably at a high resolution and would be comparable to the analog masters.
Yeah, I've only heard a small number of these amateur "remasters" or "remixes" and they are uniformly awful.Remember, anyone can take any recording, add a smiley faced EQ, and get all kinds of oohs and ahs from an unwitting public.
Seeing that it's a quad reel, I won't even waste the 20 seconds.Never got more than 20 seconds into the video.
The still from the video thumbnail says it's a 4.0 quad reel. So yeah, probably goosed the highs and dumped digital noise reduction on top of it to kill all the tape hiss. (Mass produced pre-recorded reels are mid-fi at best--not much frequency content above 12k at the most, and that ancient bulk tape stock was never the best quality--durable base for high speed duplication, but nothing like the formulations we could buy for home recording like Maxell UD35.) Most audio editors work best at 24-bit/96kHz and above due to rounding errors that would happen at lower sampling- and bit-rates--if that's what the tape was recorded to on a hard drive, then there was no need to downsample to upload as a YouTube video.
Any bets on how long before it gets a DCMA takedown notice?
According to this thumb nail, the guy had access to a 16-track analog master of “Sing” 2 years ago. I don’t recall any commercial 16-track formats, so did he license these?I know all of that but this guy wouldn't have access to any of that. Richard has digital backups of both the ¼ inch ½ tracks and the multis.
Ed
It's also a little compressed. You can tell when her vocal comes in. He then added reverb that he then rolled off when the choruses come in. I know, I know...shut up, Ed...LOL! It's just not my thing. The original mix was so good that it never needs to be messed with. All of "Horizon" sounds so good sonically. As for the 96/24 thing, that's dubious too. He'd have to have access to a master and we know they're gone. (sniff, sniff) It's also a little hissy The master tape had DBX on it if I'm not mistaken so it was pretty quiet. Maybe this is a goosing of a Quad LP or the reel?
He's done a few of these that I can see. "This Masquerade" sounds really hollow and just bad, though it is kind of interesting to hear the flute nearly naked. Love that solo.
Ed
According to this thumb nail, the guy had access to a 16-track analog master of “Sing” 2 years ago. I don’t recall any commercial 16-track formats, so did he license these?
The RPO album used digital multi-track tape for most of the songs. But, even if a song wasn’t on the SACD, doesn’t mean that it wasn’t in the Universal fire. “Trying To Get The Feeling Again”’s analog master is most likely lost as it was on the same tape as “Only Yesterday”, which was on the SACD and was most likely at Universal. But with RPO, Richard was able to isolate seperate instruments, so that he could have both Karen’s drumming and the new drumming, to make the drums stereo, even though Karen’s were in mono. Or even adjust the levels for the vocals. And the digital copies would’ve been at the same generation level as the analog.Yes, the "new mix" label is misleading. The You Tube poster most likely sourced either the quad reel tape or CD-4 LP from Japan as you said. However, I am not sure that the multitrack for "Solitaire" was "lost" in the Universal fire. Some of the lesser "Hit" songs on the RPO release used the multitracks. The tapes themselves may have been lost, no one here knows for sure, but I think the multitracks might have also been backed up to digital files before the fire.
Yes, the "new mix" label is misleading. The You Tube poster most likely sourced either the quad reel tape or CD-4 LP from Japan as you said. However, I am not sure that the multitrack for "Solitaire" was "lost" in the Universal fire. Some of the lesser "Hit" songs on the RPO release used the multitracks. The tapes themselves may have been lost, no one here knows for sure, but I think the multitracks might have also been backed up to digital files before the fire.
Also Iron Mountain, where the analogs were stored, would’ve created safety backups just before the tapes left their facility so that, should the tapes be destroyed before being returned, there were copies still available.Richard had those multis backed up ages ago. He has the digital files. Based on what we've heard, the analog tapes burned up.
Ed
Richard had those multis backed up ages ago. He has the digital files. Based on what we've heard, the analog tapes burned up.
Ed
Also Iron Mountain, where the analogs were stored, would’ve created safety backups just before the tapes left their facility so that, should the tapes be destroyed before being returned, there were copies still available.