Pink Floyd dark side of the moon fold Down

Has anyone tried folding dsotm down to mono?

 

why would anyone want to listen to Dark Side in mono?

 

Dark Side Of The Mono?

 

I'm still working on getting around to listening to it sober... but I doubt your going to find anyone who has folded down DSOTM. People love DSOTM for all the "tricks" it used in stereo.

 

I agree - I love real dedicated mono mixes, but there's no reason to fold down anything, certainly not DSOTM.

 

Hmmm, could jack my oppo into my focusrite and record the sacd into mono, not sure why I would want to though

 

I converted to mono and then back to stereo. It's awesome.

 

You must let me in on your technique..

 

I think you can read 1000 pages about this (give or take a few) in the Beatles US box set threads.

 

I think I've learnt all I need to know from this forum, thank you! But I'll start saving my pennies now anyway.

 

I'd be curious what a 5.1 mono mix would sound like.

 

Duophonic?

 

^^^ Duophonic Side of the Moon???

 

Dexter Side Of The Moon

 

Try this with the quad mix ... it´s even more awesome.

 

These quite appeal to me...

But I'll have to rein myself in now- don't want to be giving Universal too many ideas...

 

I used to have this LP.....



So the temptation to post my little variants above was pretty overwhelming! I was picturing the 'mono' one, as I went to bed last night..

One thing I do love is a good album sleeve spoof (I'm funny that way ) especially when it's such a recognisable classic as this; how many have there been of Abbey Road, for example?

But I did wonder afterwards, whether Jake was asking if it had been folded for AM radio play? I don't know, but a dedicated mix made back in the day would be fascinating to hear (like Ram, for example!)

Money was lifted as a single in the UK, I wonder if there was a mono fold of that for US radio?

 

This really makes me laugh b/c I was waiting for the time when I could launch a snark campaign directed at the mono lovers saying that if DSOTM had a dedicated mono mix, there would undoubtedly be Forum folks lauding the "punchiness" and "better bottom end" and whatnot. I've been preempted!

As to custom mixes I've heard a stereo version made from 70% front and 30% rear of the old quad mix. It's an interesting listen but to a little too cluttered to my ears that have the perfectly mixed stereo irrevocably burned in. Never tried messing with the 5.1 mix. Anyone?

 

Oddly enough, a mono mix would go better with the newly released Wizard of Oz in 3-D.

 

Now you're just being ridiculous.

 

This is a great idea! I would love to do a comparison between a mono mix DSOTM paired with The Wizard of Oz in 3-D and my current go to duo of DSOTM 5.1 SACD paired with The Wizard Of Oz: 75th Anniversary DVD.

 

C'mon Jake you can't just thread post and run

 

I was just wondering how it would sound

 

Well, there's Audacity you can download for free - this will do this really easily. There are others, but that's a really well-known one.

And there's a lot of fun you can have experimenting with the effects in there and so on, too.

 

Thanks