If they were to remaster old songs....

Christopher C · Post by **Christopher C** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:20 am

If boc were to remaster some of there old tunes era music, which songs would be your first picks?

I guess one song that stands out in my mind would be "Finity". for some reason i am addicted to this song, and i wish it were in better quality.

btw, this is my first post here, if this subject has already come up.

Noumenon · Post by **Noumenon** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:22 am

Finity is a favorite of mine, I don't know if I would have it remastered though.

Edit: Actually, I would love a 5.9.78 remaster..

saurus · Post by **saurus** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:24 pm

Forest moon

(parenthesis) · Post by **(parenthesis)** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:05 pm

David Came to Mahana'im
5.9.78
Fly in the Pool
Side B Audiotrack 11

esselfortium · Post by **esselfortium** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:46 pm

Whitewater, though more than likely it'd just mean them releasing a CD-quality version of what they already have.

oscillik · Post by **oscillik** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:11 pm

esselfortium wrote:Whitewater, though more than likely it'd just mean them releasing a CD-quality version of what they already have.

which would require it to have some kind of re-mastering.

i'm with you on Whitewater. that track is genius

the letter p · Post by **the letter p** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:40 pm

"C'est fini la comédie"

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:20 pm

you can't even hear the drums on 5/78. that one is a real mess. kind of a boring track imo.

hiquality chinook would be awesome.. have to keep concourse.. M9/original nlogx... nova scotia robots... spectrum... magic teens... brainfire (wish there were more like this)... skimming stones... whitewater... "korona" or whatever..

oscillik · Post by **oscillik** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:22 pm

dave_from_2001 wrote:you can't even hear the drums on 5/78. that one is a real mess. kind of a boring track imo.

hiquality chinook would be awesome.. have to keep concourse.. M9/original nlogx... nova scotia robots... spectrum... magic teens... brainfire (wish there were more like this)... skimming stones... whitewater... "korona" or whatever..

we already have high quality chinook - on the Aquarius 7"

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:25 pm

something less exclusive. I don't go around collecting tiny, minimally pressed 7" records.

anyone have roybgiv/phasic for sale? PM plz

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:31 pm

essel's remastered versions of box maxima give the songs a little more clarity. cant seem to find the link for it though...

esselfortium · Post by **esselfortium** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:08 am

oscillik wrote:
esselfortium wrote:Whitewater, though more than likely it'd just mean them releasing a CD-quality version of what they already have.
which would require it to have some kind of re-mastering.

i'm with you on Whitewater. that track is genius

Not necessarily. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Maxima's versions of Bocuma/Roygbiv and most of the other later-officially-released songs are identical to the official versions of them, just without the tape distortion from the recording of Maxima we have. Whitewater might just need a cleaner transfer from the original master to sound much better.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:57 am

Whitewater!

by the way, welcome to yet another MN-based member!

oscillik · Post by **oscillik** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:13 am

esselfortium wrote:
oscillik wrote:
esselfortium wrote:Whitewater, though more than likely it'd just mean them releasing a CD-quality version of what they already have.
which would require it to have some kind of re-mastering.

i'm with you on Whitewater. that track is genius
Not necessarily. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Maxima's versions of Bocuma/Roygbiv and most of the other later-officially-released songs are identical to the official versions of them, just without the tape distortion from the recording of Maxima we have. Whitewater might just need a cleaner transfer from the original master to sound much better.

well according to my ear, they're not quite the same. there are subtle differences (most notably the fact that the fade out/fade in between Bocuma and Roygbiv is more dissonant in the boc Maxima version as opposed to the cleaner fade on MHTRTC).

either way, any material that is being readied for CD pressing needs to be mastered for the medium, just like when pressing vinyl. i would assume that the original source is from either analogue tape, or DAT. either way these original recordings would need to be dithered down to 16bit 44.1Khz and normalized.

Shoes · Post by **Shoes** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:28 pm

Staircase Whip and Orange Hexagon Sun.

Earthbound · Post by **Earthbound** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:14 pm

* Whitewater (YEAH!)
* Sequoia
* Davie Addison
* Fly in the pool
* statue of liberty (I love that one!)
* Powerline misfortune

Trondheim · Post by **Trondheim** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:19 pm

David Came to Mahana'im, Whitewater, Staircase Whip, Mukhinabaht, and North Sea Arbeit; especially the first two.

Christopher C · Post by **Christopher C** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:48 am

Audio Track - 16, from old tunes vol.1 (side B)
Audio Track - 12, (side A)

both of those just need a little bit of tweaking and theyd be perfect.

wooz · Post by **wooz** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:57 pm

5.9.78
Sequoia
Solarium

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:28 pm

turquoise70 wrote:Whitewater!

Hell yea..I'd like to hear Sir Prancelot Brainfire remastered too