hairy_hen said:
Okay, so far I'm about half done replacing the altered sound effects. I think the extra TIE fighter blasts during the quad laser battle will be the most difficult, because the whole scene has one continuous and prominent music cue. I try to keep the 35mm segments as brief as possible, because I want to retain as much dynamic range from the '93 version as I can, but necessarily any replacements will be somewhat compromised in that respect. I can partially compensate by selectively raising the volume, but it's always going to fall short of the original in that respect. The sound quality of the 35mm mix has noticeably lower fidelity, too, but that's the price that must be paid for the removal of inauthentic sounds. Thus far I think I've done pretty well disguising the inserts and making the transitions unnoticeable, so it shouldn't be much of a problem.
Already this far in the process! I'm really excited about how this will turn out, are you undoing the alterations made to the '93 remix by listening to what I think was Belbucus Comparison DVD or the listed alterations of it made in this thread below or by really good knowledge of it?
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/70mm-mix-to-93-mix-comparison/topic/6501/
The reason why I'm asking this is because I've never heard this disc, and are wondering if the quality is good enough so you can actually hear how the music is mixed on the 70mm in this Tie Fighter attack scene you're describing above, the music sounds so differently mixed in this scene and also in the end credits of the 35mm Dolby Stereo compared to the Mono mix and '93 remix, I don't know how to describe it, almost an echoing sound, just curious. Also, is the dynamic range on the '85 LD remaster any better than the original stereo?
hairy_hen said:
Satanika said he would take care of upmixing when it's done, so a 5.1 version will be available. I believe he used the ATSurround plugin for Foobar2000, which is probably pretty similar to Prologic II. I can't wait to hear this thing when it's completed. :)
And neither can I :) will you also make the 2.0 or 2.1 available? Thanks for doing this!