Leonardo said:
I think that in order to avoid distortions of any kind, you should work with your data at a lower volume in the first place, by setting your filters (in this case the equalizers ABC's using) at the right volume so that we avoid clipping but just loud enough to be powerful.
Be sure that I agree with that. But I insist: the clippings here are minor and there isn't any distortion from them, even for an attentive ear next to the first version that was too low... Or just take the lower sample for track 1 on post 1, and please show me I'm wrong.
Besides when you tell me yourself how few the clippings are you see me very reassured, when I think I've fixed all single track volume only from what I was hearing !
And by the way, we already discussed that volume matter before:
ABC said (about version2):
Too loud now ?
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Sumguy21 said:
I wouldn't say so, ReplayGain, which analyzes the perceived loudness, reports -3.41dB, which isn't too loud (Your ROTJ Edit returns -4.26; louder, but most albums are louder still) Really, you should master is as loud as it can be without any clipping or unnecessary compression. More of the bits are being used this way, and any adjustments to the volume can be made through an amp.
May I recall we're speaking about what is yet a corrupted (and badly mixed) score through every releases, and no need clippings to have many saturated parts (I worked the set at very low volume before my last EQ settings). Should I give exemples ? Ok let's go:
- Rebel base insert (over saturation)
- Vision of Obi Wan (muffled and saturation)
- Drawing the Battle Lines (part corrupted with saturation again)
- The Asteroid Field (high freqs saturation, when the over peak comes from the clean lows)
- Jedi Master Reveled (High freqs missing)
- Imperial Starfleet Deployed (muffled and saturated)
- Lando's Palace (muffled and saturated)
- Lando And Han (Muffled and over-saturated)... Here my peak is at 37%
- Betrayal At Bespin, Captives, Deal with the Dark Lord (These are very "clear" tracks but with a poor potencial due to some dead or muffled frequencies. Some saturation in the high mediums)
- Carbon Freeze (Some muffled freqs)
- Darth Vader's Trap (Idem + some saturated frequencies, mostly the highs again)
- The Duel (Saturation in the last segment)
- Hyperspace (minor saturation in the highs)
- Escape From Bespin (Low and medium saturation, one important corrupted frequency in the lows beside)
- End Titles (many over-saturated parts, compare the samples I gave about the restoration)
- The Imperial March (Highs too strong on the recordings, so saturated)
My only concern then is about the choices I made for the sound. Through two different versions some will have a precise idea of what I did and what can be done with that score. And if you tinker with lows and treble on your hi-fi you may still have an idea of the potential of each different track.
Now I can tell you about version 3 that "the Rebels Escape" has too much bass, it fits well with the track isolately but it fits a bit less in the flow when listening to the score. "Luke's first Crash" is to low and has still that f...ing metalic resonnance accentuated with lows, and I should flatten the track a few in order to avoid this. "The Battle In the Snow" is a bit too strong and could have a bit less mediums that makes it bold, etc...
Here are some exemples of what I can do, and where are my choices.
Then I'll watch for feedbacks from people who have listenned through the set attentively considering the "poor" released materials I worked with, and that everyone knows.
Thanks for your inputs anyway.