Post by gentleplodding on Apr 9, 2024 12:46:16 GMT 1
You don't read this like a record company exec would. They don't think of this as a "high compression" album, but as a "the cure" type album, and if it doesn't sell they will interpret it as a failure for "the cure" type albums, not "high compression".
So we'll get more brickwalled crap music, not more dynamic cure music.
You don't read this like a record company exec would. They don't think of this as a "high compression" album, but as a "the cure" type album, and if it doesn't sell they will interpret it as a failure for "the cure" type albums, not "high compression".
So we'll get more brickwalled crap music, not more dynamic cure music.
The Cure are as much to blame. Don't let them off the hook. It's their music after all. 😒
It would be so perfect If you would just fall out the window
this whole added compression and loudness wars particularly irks me in the case of the cure since they used to be very supportive of a good listening experience whatever happened to "This album was mixed to be played loud, so turn it up!"
Post by nausearockpig on Apr 10, 2024 10:51:52 GMT 1
hmmmm someone should make an uncompression plugin.... get the OG Paris release, compare that to the new release and make a thing that EQs it back to life. EASY..
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hmmmm someone should make an uncompression plugin.... get the OG Paris release, compare that to the new release and make a thing that EQs it back to life. EASY..
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Such a tool already exists, an Eq matching thingy. I think Steinberg have one, and there's probably a competitor.
I know there is a request for the Devs of Audacity to get it done. I would really use that tool.
hmmmm someone should make an uncompression plugin.... get the OG Paris release, compare that to the new release and make a thing that EQs it back to life. EASY..
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Once something's been stripped out you can't put it back. Even if there's goofy software that claims to be able to do that, it's nonsense. It's like all the YT videos that claim to be 4k when they're super saturated VHS sources. You'd need the masters & to start from scratch.
hmmmm someone should make an uncompression plugin.... get the OG Paris release, compare that to the new release and make a thing that EQs it back to life. EASY..
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Such a tool already exists, an Eq matching thingy. I think Steinberg have one, and there's probably a competitor.
I know there is a request for the Devs of Audacity to get it done. I would really use that tool.
The one I use is an old version of magix audio cleaning lab. But I've noticed doing the eq manually by ear in izotope plugin gives better results, although is much more time consuming. And we are talking about Eq here, which is essentially a lossless operation. There are tests where eq'ing a source back and forth a hundred times saving inbetween does not in the end sound different from the original. So digital eq can be undone. But compression cannot be undone, that's the issue here. When you compress information is lost permanently. There's no software that can get the dynamic range back.
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"Sound-wise this is a fantastic collection. Boris Williams drums are tightly presented and muscular. The synths, played by then recent roadie turned keyboardist and aux guitarist Perry Bamonte, are as glacial as you remember, and Smith’s vocals are still incredibly well-suited to the cavernous reverb laid into the proceedings. And if Gallup’s bass doesn’t often shift the low end like you might expect for a record that was originally mixed by one-time Jive in-house producer Bryan “Chuck” New and again to some extent by Smith himself, it probably has more to do with the fact that his rig has always lived closer to the midrange than most."
"Sound-wise this is a fantastic collection. Boris Williams drums are tightly presented and muscular. The synths, played by then recent roadie turned keyboardist and aux guitarist Perry Bamonte, are as glacial as you remember, and Smith’s vocals are still incredibly well-suited to the cavernous reverb laid into the proceedings. And if Gallup’s bass doesn’t often shift the low end like you might expect for a record that was originally mixed by one-time Jive in-house producer Bryan “Chuck” New and again to some extent by Smith himself, it probably has more to do with the fact that his rig has always lived closer to the midrange than most."
A review of a remaster should compare the old vs new.
That reviewer is just typing words. The record was always good.
Is it better?
I feel that reviews like this are commissioned or expected after getting a free pressing. No mention made of the digital source and the compression. 😅