Beatles Remasters,

[Erikatn]

In september (9/9/9) zullen voor het eerst remasters op de oorspronkelijke cd uitgaven op de markt komen.

 

Lopen de fans hier nog warm voor of blijven we tevreden met de bestaande versies?

[mordante]

Remastered, ben daar zeer huiverig voor.

[Erikatn]

Hoop dat het geen hoofdstuk aan de loudness war toevoegt.

 

Maar dacht dat de 'Love' release uit 2006 al wel een goed voorbeeld van een muzikale remastering was.

[PD]

Hier nog wat aanvullende informatie over het re-mastering process..

 

Re-mastering the Beatles catalogue

 

The re-mastering process commenced with an extensive period conducting tests

before finally copying the analogue master tapes into the digital medium.

When this was completed, the transfer was achieved using a Pro Tools

workstation operating at 24 bit 192 kHz resolution via a Prism A-D

converter. Transferring was a lengthy procedure done a track at a time.

Although EMI tape does not suffer the oxide loss associated with some later

analogue tapes, there was nevertheless a slight build up of dust, which was

removed from the tape machine heads between each title.

 

From the onset, considerable thought was given to what audio restorative

processes were going to be allowed. It was agreed that electrical clicks,

microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance and bad edits should be improved

where possible, so long as it didn't impact on the original integrity of the

songs.

 

In addition, de-noising technology, which is often associated with

re-mastering, was to be used, but subtly and sparingly. Eventually, less

than five of the 525 minutes of Beatles music was subjected to this process.

Finally, as is common with today's music, overall limiting - to increase the

volume level of the CD - has been used, but on the stereo versions only.

However, it was unanimously agreed that because of the importance of The

Beatles' music, limiting would be used moderately, so as to retain the

original dynamics of the recordings.

 

When all of the albums had been transferred, each song was then listened to

several times to locate any of the agreed imperfections. These were then

addressed by Guy Massey, working with Audio Restoration engineer Simon

Gibson.

 

Mastering could now take place, once the earliest vinyl pressings, along

with the existing CDs, were loaded into Pro Tools, thus allowing comparisons

to be made with the original master tapes during the equalization process.

When an album had been completed, it was auditioned the next day in studio

three - a room familiar to the engineers, as all of the recent Beatles

mixing projects had taken place in there - and any further alteration of EQ

could be addressed back in the mastering room. Following the initial

satisfaction of Guy and Steve, Allan Rouse and Mike Heatley then checked

each new re-master in yet another location and offered any further

suggestions. This continued until all 13 albums were completed to the team's

satisfaction.

 

The Abbey Road Team

 

Allan Rouse (Project Coordinator)

Allan joined EMI straight from school in 1971 at their Manchester Square

head office, working as an assistant engineer in the demo studio. During

this time he frequently worked with Norman (Hurricane) Smith, The Beatles'

first recording engineer.

 

In 1991, he had his first involvement with The Beatles, copy

[Erikatn]

Dit lijkt in lijn met re-masters van Van Morrison en Creedence Clearwater Revival van vorig jaar.

 

Overigens zijn niet alle CDs van Van Morrison die voor remastering in aanmerking kwamen uiteindelijk gedaan. De verzameling was verdeeld in vier tranches (drie in 2008,

[buizenbart]

Poe, ze lijken het integer en voorzichtig aan te pakken. De Nachtwacht ga je ook niet met Jif en een schuurspons schoonmaken, maar dat is geen goed voorbeeld, want dat is met genoeg muzikale Nachtwachten w

[tito]

De Nachtwacht ga je ook niet met Jif en een schuurspons schoonmaken

 

Wellicht zou je hun mono uitgaves met zo`n mooie originele zwart/wit prent van Albrecht D

[s_k]

Ik verwonder me elke keer weer over de ongel

[spido]

(...) A. Bij `t mixen van de monouitvoering van Sergeant Pepper waren de Beatles zelf aanwezig.

B. Voor de stereo-versie ervan hadden ze geen belangstelling.

 

 

Ad A: H

[tito]

Wellicht,

maar Louis Armstrong pafte ook heel z`n leven lang gras en `t heeft `m kennelijk niet genoeg gehindert om `n lekker stukkie swing te maken.

Veel in mono trouwens.

[PD]

Veel in mono trouwens.

Dus?

[Duck-Twacy]

"All you need" in 7.1?