semente Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s3h40 The Art of Remastering - BBC Radio 4Extra Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores digital re-mastering: is it the art of restoring music to its original glory; or just another way of selling us music we already own? The whole of the Beatles back catalogue has recently been re-released in re-mastered form; a quick search of any record store or online shop will reveal that a large number of recordings have been re-mastered, from very old crackly recordings to very recent releases. But what do the words 'digitally re-mastered' on a cd actually mean? Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits London's iconic Abbey Road Studios (recently awarded Grade II listed status) to meet some of the engineers who re-master recordings there. She asks them and others from the music industry what re-mastering actually means. She learns that sometimes re-mastering can be as much about what to leave in as what to leave out. And is it an advantage to have the original artist involved in the process? Sara also considers the consumer's point of view; we've already bought these recordings on vinyl and cd (and possibly cassette as well) so why do we need to buy them again? Can the average listener hear any difference between the original version of (for instance) a pop song from the 1960s and the re-mastered version? Sara looks at the technology that is used to clean up very old recordings, where the music is often buried almost completely beneath noise and the sonic distortions caused by very primitive recording equipment. Whatever your view is of the value of re-mastering, what is clear is that the re-mastering engineers Sara meets treat the work they do with great care and reverence - they are often uncovering moments in history. "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
ssh Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 "The whole of the Beatles back catalogue has recently been re-released in re-mastered form; " wrote semente. Does this include their mono albums? Does the Mono box set qualify? SSH Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 yes there is a long thread on this on the Stiv Hoffbrau forum (not that you should trust anything over there) Link to comment
Don Hills Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 She talked to the wrong people. She should have talked to the people who order (and pay for) the remastering. The ones who say "make it louder." bish 1 "People hear what they see." - Doris Day The forum would be a much better place if everyone were less convinced of how right they were. Link to comment
firedog Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 12 hours ago, semente said: The whole of the Beatles back catalogue has recently been re-released in re-mastered form; 11 hours ago, ssh said: "The whole of the Beatles back catalogue has recently been re-released in re-mastered form; " wrote semente. Does this include their mono albums? Does the Mono box set qualify? Only if she is talking about 2009. Is this program from back then? The Beatles have since had some remasters re-released in newer remasters, far from all the catalog. There have been two new vinyl sets released: stereo, made from the 2009 digital remasters; and mono, from the original master tapes, so it isn't really a remaster, but a re-release/re-re-cutting. Main listening (small home office): Main setup: Surge protector +>Isol-8 Mini sub Axis Power Strip/Isolation>QuietPC Low Noise Server>Roon (Audiolense DRC)>Stack Audio Link II>Kii Control>Kii Three (on their own electric circuit) >GIK Room Treatments. Secondary Path: Server with Audiolense RC>RPi4 or analog>Cayin iDAC6 MKII (tube mode) (XLR)>Kii Three . Bedroom: SBTouch to Cambridge Soundworks Desktop Setup. Living Room/Kitchen: Ropieee (RPi3b+ with touchscreen) + Schiit Modi3E to a pair of Morel Hogtalare. All absolute statements about audio are false Link to comment
semente Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, firedog said: Only if she is talking about 2009. Is this program from back then? The Beatles have since had some remasters re-released in newer remasters, far from all the catalog. There have been two new vinyl sets released: stereo, made from the 2009 digital remasters; and mono, from the original master tapes, so it isn't really a remaster, but a re-release/re-re-cutting. According to the website the programme was first aired on Thu 29 Apr 2010 "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
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