They're on the spleen dude. You should definitely give them a listen.
If you need a spleen invite i'll give you one.
fishmanlee said:
bilditup1 said:
have you considered using ABC's sound salvage as a source?
I have, and I figured they were the same as I was doing, taking the tracks from the anthology and mixing them with the SE's?
I think your remastering goal is different than ABC's though. I don't think he tried to take Return of the Jedi and make it sound more like a standard 80s score.
7FN said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Soundtrack-Return-of-The-Jedi-vinyl-LP-1983-RSO-Records-SEALED-/380464231784?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item58956f7568#ht_1029wt_689
If anybody is feeling flush enough to buy this and send it over, I'd transfer it to high-res like the others, and give the owner a couple DVDs (and send the LP back, of course!) containing all the existing transfers by way of thanks.
7FN.
Dude I'm not done listening to even the first disc of your release yet, but I am on board. If I could have the seller send it directly to wherever you are I'll do it, too. I'd wanna have it back at the end of the process though
-e
Wow...I really had no idea how much the vinyl master differed. This is a true gem people. All hail 7FN; this is nuts! And I just started listening to it!
(PS when I first wrote the above sentence of course I called it the 'LD master', heh)
There's been a minute but detectable uptick in interest even at the spleen since Simon Pegg's tweet
fishmanlee said:
Alright guys, everybody that already has this set, and people who could not access the links pay attention!
I had to redo this set a bit, some of the SE cues were done a bit differently when I first started this set, than when I got close to the end, I have redone those now.
I have also EQ'ed a few cues that I forgot to EQ (Jedi Rocks and Jabba's Sail Barge Part 1)
Also, In the previous version, there was an overlay in the SE that was not present in the Anthology track, which I used, so that has been restored.
the new links will probably go up on the Firey Media desk.
I'm glad my instinct not to share paid off then...looking fwd to the needs versions. have you considered, btw, using abcs sound salvage as a source?
LOL...just went back and read mine. I sound like a tool
http://originaltrilogy.com/petition/signatures.cfm/page/16/
(#781)
Brooks said:
bilditup1 said:
(I do wonder, though, how hard it would be to find the theatrical 97 SE prints)
It wasn't that long ago. I have some strips of the 35mm SE Jedi, about 5 frames per strip. Here are some scans of some of the frames that might be useful to someone as a reference...
Wow dude...those look absolutely brilliant! There is hope yet, eh?
msycamore said:
I can still upload it of course if there is desire for it, I just want to know if it's really worth my effort?
do you really need to ask???
negative1 said:
check out darth taters outdoor projection
set up here:
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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-REMASTERED-is-now-released/post/597678/#TopicPost597678
later
-1
Yeah dude, that is just beyond awesome. If I had to guess, maybe mverta could beat that, but otherwise that is just unreal. That's like, the size of the Bryant Park screen, or maybe biger. Building something like that is on my list, someday...
Tater: that is *brilliant* dude. Kudos!
hairy_hen said:
...here's another comparison file between the 70mm and the 2004 mix, in which I highlighted some of the worst-sounding parts of the latter in order to show just how drastic the degradation really is. (I made this for a friend who is looking forward to seeing original version of the movie again for the first time in many years.) Be sure to note the huge swell of static and distortion when the Death Star explodes; that's always good for a laugh.
Everyone needs to listen to this. Just in case you think there's nothing to this or that you can't hear the difference. The 2004 mix is just gratingly awful and artificial and compressed...typical of much of pop music of the last 20 years. Fuck that shit I say! I salute you hairy...wow.
Harmy said:
And a little scared... ;-)
...I'm kinda scared meself.
Laserschwert said:
Oh my god!!! Getting a verbal thumbs-up from Simon Pegg regarding something Star Wars is like being knighted!
Well deserved, Harmy :)
And f'real, not any of that 'knighted without the title 'sir'' crap. Kudos dude! I'm excited to see what'll happen next! Could be some *serious* play in the media.
Magical things happen on dear ol' Bilbo's birfday...
Effing awesome!
Would be cool if Harmy could parlay this into a meeting
Jetrell Fo said:
1) I have a "raw" capture of the Japan S.E. LD's, second pressing Black Box...the ones that changed the artwork for the S.E. (same artwork as the VCD's).
Each side of the LD for each movie was burnt separately to a single layer DVD. Getting rid of the burnt in subs (as they are in the black borders) would be easy for our video masters here. We would need the in-movie subs (Greedo & Jabba) stuff.
2) I have copies of the DTS CD-roms of the theatrical audio for the S.E.. At this point, the progress has been slow due to busy schedules and normal lives.
3) The 5.1 ac3 files for the S.E. are on my HD as well.
1) Oooh goody. So then work to overlay this and GKar and match the colors? Do we know if the LD colors more or less match theatrical?
2) But not technical difficulties? OK then. Awesome.
3) Awesome squared
(I do wonder, though, how hard it would be to find the theatrical 97 SE prints)
LOL, so I just looked back at the other thread and it seems like you know your crap already; e.g. I'm gonna stop talking now. I had forgotten about LeeThorogood's caps, which I dled ages ago but never got around to actually watching. (Need to learn to do the PAL >> NTSC conversion for it to be tolerable to my ears.)
The absurd LD audio archive has caps of the 5.1 Dolby tracks from the US LDs as well as 'Digital Stereo'. I don't know if that's PCM or DD from just the description.
(Incidentally that is in need of reseeding at the usual place...)
Now we're talkin'!
As to DVB transfers, we've got Flunk, GKar, TB, and Reivax. I'm not sure what LD transfers there are out there but I'd be shocked if there were nothing but the 5-Star ones I bought off eBay ages ago.
There's Ady's 97SE AVCHD edit but that's not properly a source.
negative1 said:
would be nice to see them also..
Not home, but I'll be sure to snap a few Sunday or Monday.
bilditup1 said:
I would definitely recommend my speakers to anybody looking for a bargain...
The bargain is back for stateside readers:
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/80274/newegg-pioneer-speakers-spbs21lr-bookshelf-loudspeakers-pair-50-spc21-center-channel-speaker-50-spfs51lr-floorstanding-speakers-pair-120-sw8-100w-powered-subwoofer
$345 for a 7.1, including floorstanding fronts and an 8" sub. Better than any cheapass HTiB or Bose nonsense. The sub is not really great for movies but does a good job with music; may want to save up and get a better one.
All of them - Reivax, Flunk, Gkar, and TB, as well as the old Five Star crap - are up there. They're all still on my hdd so if someone requests a reseed they'd be able to get it...
TV's Frink said:
bilditup1 said:
I would definitely recommend my speakers to anybody looking for a bargain
I'll give you $10. :p
Sold! To Hubert Farnsworth's long lost great-great-great grand-uncle twice-removed
negative1 said:
the thing is that probably only recent movies
have a native 7.1 soundtrack.. and unless you
have an awesome receiver that can split the
5.1->7.1 or convert it, you really can't take
advantage of it..
later
-1
right, right - when you do get those, it sounds awesome, but in general, unless you have an amp that'll matrix the source for you, then meh, and if the space isn't *that* big then 7.1 is overkill. and in a small bedroom, of course it makes no sense to have even a 5.1 setup. it's probably worth putting together a solid 2.0 by hunting for cheap, old ampsand some nice speakers off slickdeals though. could even go for 2.1 if you get an amp with a sub out, like a TCA Gizmo (hard to found nowadays) but if space is an issue, you could easily live without this.