spark_ Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Oh really? Sneaky bastard must have deleted his post. Now I look a right fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetro Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Wait, so is this why Matt's voice sounds distorted on Hysteria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riveon Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 No, I believe that effect was intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetro Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Okay then. That was initially what I thought first as well, since it is very noticeable. But there's another song I can't remember that has some distortion to it as well, and I always thought it was because Matthew screams so damn high. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disassociative Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Wasn't that lots of unreleased stuff & demos? Not all of it. Some previously released stuff such as Pay to Play, Curmudgeon, Return of the Rat and Oh, The Guilt have been compressed, remixed and are full of distortion. The last 3 tracks are the worst offenders on the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haze015 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 http://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-howie-weinberg/834932-mastering-muse-black-holes.html Q&A from a few months back with Howie Weinberg, who mastered the album. He's not a fan of brickwall limiting and prefers to just use clipping from overloading A/D converters - http://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-howie-weinberg/840441-what-digital-brickwall-limiter-do-you-use-most.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn. Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Amazing stuff, even if i don't understand the tech part, Always suspected the mastering of BH&R isn't as good as TR or T2L. With the TR Chris was amazed with the audio DVD. A good remastering of their discography could be great, now the Bluray is more common, will be a good idea release the remastered stuff in cd and bluray. Muse record their live shows, so with every album they could offer a live rendition of it (like Reading but with selected tracks from previous gigs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haze015 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 But you've also got to consider the rising popularity in vinyl and people's listening habits have changed, the death of the hi-fi industry and the rise in popularity of portable devices. A little while back, I was reading a scientific study that exactly lead to the conclusion that people couldn't actually hear the difference between 16 & 24 bit audio in double blind tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Ferris Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I'd still pay good money for a remaster, though. Something to give the instruments a bit more "space". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haze015 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I'd still pay good money for a remaster, though. Something to give the instruments a bit more "space". My point was more about buying into the bullshit surrounding fidelity of digital formats. It is pretty fucked up that PCM audio at 16 44.1kHz has existed since the 80's and people these days are excited by formats such as FLAC. Probably will see remasters in time. The music industry does love to find ways to sell you the same music over & over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Ferris Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 My point was more about buying into the bullshit surrounding fidelity of digital formats. It is pretty fucked up that PCM audio at 16 44.1kHz has existed since the 80's and people these days are excited by formats such as FLAC. Probably will see remasters in time. The music industry does love to find ways to sell you the same music over & over again. True, but this is one of the few albums I'd pay to get remastered. Along with Metallica's first four, found some amateur ones that really bring out Burton's bass riffs and the songs sound so much better as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I thought flac hype was more that it was more compressable for space. And I guess for those that care, the fact that it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haze015 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I thought flac hype was more that it was more compressable for space. And I guess for those that care, the fact that it's free. More hassle as it is not supported by everything, only manages to compress to half the file size of PCM. Just seems a massive waste of time to me, could be beneficial for portable devices, but those in audiophile terms are pretty much shite anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daekdroom Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 More hassle as it is not supported by everything, only manages to compress to half the file size of PCM. Just seems a massive waste of time to me, could be beneficial for portable devices, but those in audiophile terms are pretty much shite anyway. FLAC is still quite bad for portable devices for space and power usage, but much better for enconding the music for those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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