Being anal...ytic.

STG.Otaku

I'm going to have a go at remastering some of the older STG OST's in my collection. A chap who's name I forget, has some wonderful FLAC TCS TF remasters available which sound superb compared to the original masters.

Found this fun free app for a quick comparison test.

Check out this spectrograph taken from a WAV directly lifted from my Trizeal Promo OST disc.



Compared with this WAV directly lifted from Hyper Drive G.S.M. SEGA 4 disc 1.



No. I don't know what I'm looking at either. But it looks important and fun.

Going to give a remaster a try anyway and see what results I get.

Retr0gamer

Good Luck, looks like an awful lot of work to me!

STG.Otaku

Shouldn't be too bad to do, just a bit painstaking but it's going to be worth it I hope!

Reading up on the mastering and remastering process and spectrographs makes it a bit easier to approach the project. We'll see what happens...

Steve X2

I use Adobe Audition CS6 for a lot of audio work and find it quite good.

The Last Bandit

I use a Les Paul and a Marshall amp for my audio work - sounds sh1te though... must need new gear

Steve X2

If you're looking to do detailed work and restoration then the spectral frequency workflow in Audition is pretty darn good. Here's a pic of something I'm working on this week using that workflow. It's just the audio from a video I'm creating but the source audio in one section is not fantastic(very old) and I can see that in the spectral frequency(and hopefully fix it).

o1s1n

That's a really interesting project, good luck

Do you plan to make the masters available once they are complete? I'd love to have a listen.

STG.Otaku

Steve SI wrote: »

I use Adobe Audition CS6 for a lot of audio work and find it quite good.

Interesting. I haven't used Auditon since it was called Cool Edit. Might give a trial version a go. Although I have a legit Sound Forge Pro so may as well use that seeing as I paid for it! :pac:

@SEGAMARKIIIRGBLEGENDBLOKE:

My mini studio hardware is currently:

Micro Korg
Arturia SparkLE
NI Maschine Mikro
Novation Launchkey 49
Arturia Minilab
Korg Monotribe w/ Miditribe mod
Rokit 5 G2 monitors (XLR balanced to the interface)
Saffire 6 audio interface
Sennheiser HD 598 headphones
Fiio F9 headphone amp
Cubase 5

I've a Behringer mic and stand too but want to change that out to a Shure mic I think.

Next hardware I'm looking at is an Arturia Minibrute!

STG.Otaku

o1s1n wrote: »

That's a really interesting project, good luck

Do you plan to make the masters available once they are complete? I'd love to have a listen.

Thanks o1s1n. I'd like to think the remasters would be possible to distribute but it depends on if I stand a good chance of getting my collar felt...and if they actually turn out to be any good haha!

The doujin stuff should be fine. Some of it would sound superb with a nice remaster. The commercial stuff probably not, due to copyright etc. Worth investigating though.

Not sure if I'll get round to it til the new year now though. Far too many projects going on right now, plus I've to finish Pink Bullets 2 and start my book project too!

safetyboy

STG.Otaku wrote: »

Next hardware I'm looking at is an Arturia Minibrute!

Go for the original SH-101

o1s1n

STG.Otaku wrote: »

Thanks o1s1n. I'd like to think the remasters would be possible to distribute but it depends on if I stand a good chance of getting my collar felt...and if they actually turn out to be any good haha!

The doujin stuff should be fine. Some of it would sound superb with a nice remaster. The commercial stuff probably not, due to copyright etc. Worth investigating though.

Not sure if I'll get round to it til the new year now though. Far too many projects going on right now, plus I've to finish Pink Bullets 2 and start my book project too!

Book project??? can't wait to hear about that one!

STG.Otaku

safetyboy wrote: »

Go for the original SH-101

Nah, I love the Minibrute, and the Microbrute looks just as awesome! No denying it's a sweet synth though. By the way, I love the Microkorg, it's just loaded with awesome and sounds utterly sexual.

CiDeRmAn

With a thread with the word "Anal" in it, it's a pity we don't have Enternow around......

STG.Otaku

o1s1n wrote: »

Book project??? can't wait to hear about that one!

Yep. An STG book. Maybe. Some foundations laid and spoke to a publisher so we'll see.

Totally and utterly 110% speculative right now though and nothing more than that.

Pink Bullets 2 should be done in time to call it an annual! :P Hopefully the stuff I have tied in to it will all come through, again, we'll see...

unky chop chop

Ohh yeah man can't wait for the book and vol 2 of pink bullets.
Stop F**king around with remastering waveforms and concentrate will ya:)

STG.Otaku

I started a bit of remastering on a track from an SST album pressed in 1990. Even with some basic tweaks the difference is immediately apparent (obviously subjective).

So far I have only tested it through monitors and headphone monitoring but the difference is clearly there. Bringing out the guitars and drums by widening each band and adding reverb etc. Lots more punch and clarity. It is amazing to hear how narrow and compressed the original recordings sound, although you would likely put that down to the mastering process 'limited' by the equipment available 23 years ago.

The real test will come when played on proper hi fi equipment, which will come later. Enjoying the whole process so far.

STG.Otaku

#Randomcoolimportantlookingphotoshowingtheremasteringinaction!!!

STG.Otaku

Here are two samples. See if you can hear the difference...?

Download Link

STG.Otaku

http://iancortina.co.uk/2014/01/06/winds-of-thunder-remastered

Jack burton

I know nothing about remastering or any audio stuff but that seems to me like a job well done good sir!