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| From | "Robert Sutliff" <rsutliff@columbus.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Beatles Remasters |
| Date | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:17:37 -0400 |
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Robert,
This info is from pretty deep inside EMI/Apple. As for that mix of I Am the
Walrus check out the stereo version on the Anthology DVD. It's true stereo
at the end. I made my own version editing in the end of the Anthology
version with my own needledrop of the beginning from my German Hor Zu lp of
Magical Mystery Tour. It works very well.
True stereo remixes of the first two albums are problematic since they were
recorded to twin track BTR tape machines with the music on one one track
(recorded live) and the vocals on the on the other track. When they did
overdubs they just bounced to another twin track machine with pretty much
the same stereo placement. There is new technology that is somewhat able ot
isolate individual elements from a mono mix and place it in a stereo
spectrum. This was used on the Beatles Rock Band game. The software is still
in it's infancy and getting better exponentially quickly but hi-fi is still
a little bit away. It will happen though. I've heard some very cool beta
versions of 50's rockabilly tunes with pianos and other instruments panned
in the stereo mix. I'd buy the software myself but it's currently $1500. My
guess is that within a year or two the software will be better, cheaper and
more hi fi.
Bobby
: Robert Berry <rberry@gandronics.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Beatles Remasters
> Message-ID: <4AB1B1F2.60301@gandronics.com>
>
> Bobby, I hope you're right about that. I think the remasters are worth
> having, but if they rerelease the whole catalog, remixed, in five years,
> I'll be ordering that box set too.
>
> I still haven't gotten past "Revolver," but I just checked the liner
> notes for "Magical Mystery Tour," and I see they're still reusing the
> original "I Am The Walrus" master that goes into fake stereo halfway
> through. What were they thinking? I'm glad that's one of the songs
> included on "Love."
>
> Robert R. Berry
>
> Robert Sutliff wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> Supposedly, much if not all work has been done remixing the catalog
>> where possible. In the case of the 4 track years (A Hard Days Night
>> onward) all the tracks from the 4 track reels have been transferred
>> to Pro Tools including earlier bounces from pre master 4 track reels
>> and synched together. As you know they would fill up a four track reel
>> and then bounce it to another 4 track and add additional tracks. This
>> is how they did the Love mashup remixes. Look for this new cash cow
>> product to be available in a couple of years.
>>
>> Oh btw - my favorite term for Beatles geek (and I'm one) is Beatard..
>>
>> Bobby Sutliff
>
>
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