I know Alden has done alot of mastering for a bunch of Clone releases and obviously his own works, and IMO, they have always sounded great. I would hazard a guess that he is a Drexciya fan and would have treated the project with the respect it deserves.
My copy is likely flying across the Atlantic now, but as with you all, very keen to see what he has done with them! - P. On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Emile Facey <[email protected]> wrote: > Ordered it from Juno so we'll soon see! :) > > jt - I know what you mean about some of the original mastering, it's going > to be interesting. > > > > On 8 Dec 2011, at 00:01, Jeff Davis wrote: > > 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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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... >> >>> >> >>> >> > > >
