Binaural Remastered??

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  • kh117728
    kh117728 Posts: 8
    To me it sounds like most of the tracks on Lost Dogs from the Vs. era, for example, sound like they were remixed prior to release. Take Alone and Hard To Imagine. Compare them to the previously released versions and the Vs. album. It sounds like they EQ'd the drums to get a sound more comparable to what they prefer today (Binaural on). So I could see them doing something like this for Vs. or Vitalogy, if only less extreme.
  • analogueaddict72
    analogueaddict72 Posts: 307
    This used to my least liked PJ album but i got the vinyl in 07 through a deal with a fellow poter and now I love it.

    The vinyl makes the difference, although a 180 gram pressing wouldn't go a miss.

    CD remasters just seem to be a excuse to make the mix louder, The loudness of CD's is ridiculous now, don't the record companies think we've got a volume control.

    Noted sound engineers have already commented that the loudness doesn't necessarily equate to better quality.

    To think some people think CD is better than vinyl because it's louder.

    A 180 of Vs & Yield are the real prize for me though.
  • SolarWorld
    SolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    I would be happy if they just re mastered the analogue tracks onto vinyl. Anyone have any idea if they still record to tape?

    *EDIT Just read the billboard article... looks like they are recording to tape this time.
  • analogueaddict72
    analogueaddict72 Posts: 307
    SolarWorld wrote:
    I would be happy if they just re mastered the analogue tracks onto vinyl. Anyone have any idea if they still record to tape?

    *EDIT Just read the billboard article... looks like they are recording to tape this time.

    Yeah remastering the analogue tapes for vinyl would be best, great news if they are recording to tape.

    I'd love to see them take a new direction, I don't think they've copied any previous album the difference in each album has been more subtle than say Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby, I'd love to see them experiment a bit more like they did in the 90's.

    Inside Job showed them going down a Floydy type vibe, I think it's time they made more of a jump with their development not as subtle as usual and I think the new album should see a more seismic shift than usual.

    I enjoyed the last album loads but a track like Come Back I could have done without, I'd just like to see more of an evolution this time.
  • dustinpardue
    dustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    Binaural is a great record, but the mastering of it definitely needs to be revisited. It helps to set your ipod EQ to different levels for different songs so they don't crackle in your speakers when listening to them at the "appropriate level" as Garth would say. If any record needs to be remastered, it is that one.
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  • Sludge Factory
    Sludge Factory Posts: 976
    dustinpardue wrote:
    Binaural is a great record, but the mastering of it definitely needs to be revisited. It helps to set your ipod EQ to different levels for different songs so they don't crackle in your speakers when listening to them at the "appropriate level" as Garth would say. If any record needs to be remastered, it is that one.

    Doesn't the self-titled album crackle for you as well?
  • jmk
    jmk Posts: 425
    analogueaddict72 wrote:
    SolarWorld wrote:
    I would be happy if they just re mastered the analogue tracks onto vinyl. Anyone have any idea if they still record to tape?

    *EDIT Just read the billboard article... looks like they are recording to tape this time.

    Yeah remastering the analogue tapes for vinyl would be best, great news if they are recording to tape.

    A bit suspicious about the "put to tape"-phrase about the recording of the new album,...

    If you mean this article: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/pea ... 9154.story

    "After laying down some instrumental beds last summer, additional demos were put to tape in December, and the band's non-singing members formulated another batch of material during a recent trip to Montana".

    I don't know who the writer quotes about putting demos to tape, but I have a feeling that they might use some sort of tape machines to put demos on, but when they actually record the tracks for the new album I believe they record it digitally :( . "Putting to tape" might also just be an expression of recording music, may it be to analog tape or digital recording.

    I remember some discussion about Binaural being the last record they recorded in the old analog ways? or something like that, and that it is the last to benefit truly of a vinyl release to a cd. Can someone put a link to this thread?

    I think vinyl sounds better due to warmth, dynamic range and the whole vinyl experience even though the recordings are digital.

    Can only think of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, the Black Keys and their singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach's solo record being recorded on analog tape what comes to newer releases. Yes and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminal album Lifeline: “The record, entitled Lifeline, was recorded and mixed in 7 days on a 16 track analog tape machine. There were no computers or pro-tools used anywhere in the process.” - Ben Harper
    They recorded it live in a studio in Paris and he proved that you don't need pro-tools to make great music nowadays.

    I don't know if Pearl Jam uses pro-tools and since when? Maybe they started after Binaural?
    Stockholm - 07/07/2012
  • Gonzo1977
    Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    I remember Stone saying in a radio interview...shit must have been 2005?...that the band does not use pro-tools in their recording.

    The gatefold (ha ha vinyl) of Lost Dogs shows rows upon rows of tapes on the shelf(dating 1990-2004) so I'd say it's safe to assume that every Pearl Jam album thus far has been recorded to tape.

    At the very least all of their vinyl has been cut from an annalog source. Thank Christ!! the vinyl would be useless if taken from a digital transfer.

    Ye Gods!! Imagine Vitalogy" "No Code", or "Binuaral" being cut from a digital source? that shit would sound absolutle vile!!
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Newer bands(PJ, Tool) will record to tape, then do all the editing on somethin like pro tools. You can definitely tell as those bands have a very old school sound on vinyl. In some of Lateralus' quieter moments, me and an old friend are pretty sure you can hear the hiss of the tape machine.

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