Hi-Res Download News (HDTracks, ProStudioMasters, Pono, etc.) & Software/Mastering Part 12**

30 second mp3 sample gave a 10, waveform looks healthy
Hollow

 

I recorded all of the samples and they look fine. I bought it. I'll upload DR soon after it downloads.

 

Unfortuntely I have and I did regret it immediately:


foobar2000 1.4 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-08-03 09:53:46

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Analyzed: Electric Light Orchestra / Secret Messages (Remastered)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.70 dB -8.51 dB 4:43 01-Secret Messages
DR8 -0.71 dB -10.48 dB 5:27 02-Loser Gone Wild
DR8 -0.69 dB -10.30 dB 4:13 03-Bluebird
DR8 -0.70 dB -11.42 dB 4:59 04-Take Me On and On
DR8 -0.70 dB -9.57 dB 4:29 05-Stranger
DR8 -0.41 dB -11.63 dB 3:28 06-No Way Out
DR10 -0.72 dB -12.16 dB 2:59 07-Letter from Spain
DR7 -0.52 dB -8.91 dB 3:47 08-Danger Ahead
DR7 -0.70 dB -9.06 dB 4:10 09-Four Little Diamonds
DR9 -0.71 dB -11.84 dB 4:22 10-Train of Gold
DR10 0.00 dB -11.22 dB 3:35 11-Endless Lies
DR10 0.00 dB -11.68 dB 4:04 12-Buildings Have Eyes
DR8 -0.18 dB -9.35 dB 3:14 13-Rock 'N' Roll Is King
DR10 -0.01 dB -12.03 dB 5:19 14-Mandalay
DR10 -0.01 dB -11.83 dB 3:56 15-Time After Time
DR9 -12.11 dB -24.80 dB 0:40 16-After All (Shorter Version)
DR10 0.00 dB -14.48 dB 8:31 17-Hello My Old Friend
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Number of tracks: 17
Official DR value: DR9

Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4756 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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I bought the ELO but went cheap with it getting the 24/96 ALAC and then down-rezzed it to 24/48 so I could put it on an iPad and iPod. Sounds fine in the car. First time I've ever heard this album so it's like a new release to me.

 

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here hi-res download is a big improvement over the original CD, which was a DR5.

DR9
Album details - Dynamic Range Database

 

Wow, that is substantial. Finally somebody gets it and realizes what the hi-rez market is for. Yet there is no info at all about the release, frustratingly. I've almost entirely given up on hi-rez due to the lack of information and way it seems to be treated as an afterthought by the labels, just tossing off with the minimum required effort for a few easy license fee dollars. I wonder what other releases are like this one, but we just don't know. Thanks for the post. I'll buy this for sure.

Wasn't there a 20% off code in the email that came announcing this? I must have deleted it by accident. Can someone post or shoot me the code?

 

HDAUG03

 

Thanks, just bought. I definitely want to show support for a release like this. I really hope they do something similar with the Black Gives Way To Blue album, which I like better than this.

I took a look at the AIC web page and facebook page. No mention of this at all that I could find.

 

Not a new release, but does anyone know if Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting (or any of their other titles) are any good?

 

I'm picking it up myself for the same reason.

 

Read somewhere it was squashed all to hell.

 

Woot! NICE! AiC delivers. Thanks fellas!

 

Holy cow this hi-res Dinosaurs album is really a huge upgrade. I’m hearing all sorts of stuff that’s near impossible to make out on the original because of the compression. Really freakin awesome - I hope they give Black the same treatment.

 

Interested in grabbing the Alice In Chains release but no options to buy in Canada... I'll have to hold out for 7Digital or ProStudioMasters to get the release.

 

Wow..great news, thanks Amperage!

 

Thanks for the response but just can't bring myself to "like" it. Heartbreaking.

 

Just picked up the Alice in Chains release last night. Sounds great!

 

I originally posted those notes in one (small, fairly exclusive spot online) and they kinda took off from there after being reposted and shared, etc.... it was kinda surreal googling who is arguably one of the biggest artists in the world at the moment… and seeing my notes come up in all the then-current top links, when news of the updates started breaking not to mention many of these sites are ones I’ve been aware of and have visited for years. So weird, but cool. I’ll try to let the fame not go to my head.


Anyway… I just had a look at the download of the “updated mix” vs. my rip of the CD and believe it or not... more updates, which means more patch notes! Which also begs the question... is this version available in 24 bit anywhere? Is the CD the only way to get it? Or will it once again replace the versions available on some streaming/DL services?


I noted:

• more really low level sample differences. Much more sporadic this time. Not a 100% digital null between both versions but this could be due to anything in the production chain... any downconversion from a 24 bit master that may have happened at some point, CD authoring, glitches, etc. I don’t think these reflect any deliberate changes or mix variations.

• most importantly, Talk Up runs half a minute longer now, with an extra verse after Jay’s ends.


So while they aren’t digitally identical they do seem to be more or less the “same” content-wise, save for the extended Talk Up with extra verse. No true mix variations beyond that.

This is a nice contrast to Views, having the CD run longer than the download instead of being cut down for time but on the other hand it does further muddy the waters of this release with 3 confirmed different versions of the album out there... without even counting any censored/“clean” edited versions.

 

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-08-07 14:15:32
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Analyzed: The Allman Brothers Band / Bear’s Sonic Journals: The Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore East, February 1970
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.04 dB -17.07 dB 9:22 01-In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
DR14 -0.70 dB -17.41 dB 6:05 02-Hoochie Coochie Man
DR10 -1.06 dB -13.78 dB 4:17 03-Statesboro Blues
DR12 -1.01 dB -15.99 dB 4:12 04-Trouble No More
DR14 -0.74 dB -17.67 dB 8:30 05-Outsklrts of Town
DR15 -0.20 dB -17.59 dB 8:11 06-Whipping Post
DR15 -0.58 dB -18.95 dB 30:46 07-Mountain Jam
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 9220 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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This is excellent!

 

Thanks for this, good to know it wasn't digitally compressed. It has even slightly more dynamic range than the original CD.

 

Add another +1 For the Alice In Chains. Really Sounds great.

 

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Anyone know of a current discount code for prostudiomasters?

 

Prostudiomasters

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prostudiomasters has it although priced at a whopping $24.79 and they claim that is a sale price. I guess that's the price in the USA so the Canada price may differ?