De første 5 slippes den 4 April, sammens med boxen 1976-82.
Disse kommer 4 april:
* A Trick of the tail CD/SACD + DVD
* Abacab CD/SACD + DVD
* And then there where three CD/SACD + DVD
* Duke CD/SACD + DVD
* Wind & Whutering CD/SACD + DVD
(Disse er priset til 219,- hos CDON)
* Boxset 1976-82 CD/SACD + DVD (kr. 1.239,- hos CDON)
På Steve Hoffman forum har det vært spekulert mye om hvor bra masteringa/ny-mixen av albumene er. Nå har Nick Davis fra Genesis nettopp postet et oppklaringsinnlegg ang. disse spørsmål. Og fra mitt synspunkt virker Nick Davis å være reflektert og ærlig i sitt svar. Her begrunnes også de tekniske avveininger som måtte taes når platene skal selges til "vanlige" kunder, og ikke bare audiophile.
Nick Davis:
i will try and answer some of your points- but this may be my last post as reading some of your posts is pretty heavy going!
why release these on sacd?
well firstly so that people who want them can have the surround mixes in a high end audio format. this is the main reason- and something i fought for - so that the surrounds would not just be released on dvd-v (although they sound pretty good in this format).
are the mixes compressed?
yes- there is analogue compression in my mixes- as there was on the original mixes- and there is a small amount of digital limiting used in mastering. i have posted before that when mastering we decided to use a small amount of digital limiting (about 3dbs) so as to not squash the life out of these tracks. don't forget that compression it is not all 'doom and gloom' . by doing some limiting you are increasing the amount of bits available (and hence definition) for the very quiet sections- so there is some benefit also. i think the albums sound very musical still with this amount of compression, believe me there are an awful lot of albums with 8dbs or more of limiting, but to have a chance of standing up in the current times a small amount had to be applied. they are not as loud as the 'platinum collectio' cd's if that gices you something to go on- and most of the mixes are new.
why use the stereo remixes?
firstly this is the bands decision. also there are market forces. in the usa a regular cd remaster release would sell very few copies- there aren't enough audiophiles to fill a small hall i'm afraid to say. you don't have to buy these if you don't like the new mixes.at least this way you get something new and a surround mix.
maybe you wont all like all of the mixes but i'm sure some of you will enjoy some of them a lot.
don't give audiophile judgements to streaming audio- i shouldn't surely have to mention this?
please be aware that comments like 'this is crap' etc. do hurt. i know i wont please everyone but have an open mind- it's good for you!
Disse kommer 4 april:
* A Trick of the tail CD/SACD + DVD
* Abacab CD/SACD + DVD
* And then there where three CD/SACD + DVD
* Duke CD/SACD + DVD
* Wind & Whutering CD/SACD + DVD
(Disse er priset til 219,- hos CDON)
* Boxset 1976-82 CD/SACD + DVD (kr. 1.239,- hos CDON)
På Steve Hoffman forum har det vært spekulert mye om hvor bra masteringa/ny-mixen av albumene er. Nå har Nick Davis fra Genesis nettopp postet et oppklaringsinnlegg ang. disse spørsmål. Og fra mitt synspunkt virker Nick Davis å være reflektert og ærlig i sitt svar. Her begrunnes også de tekniske avveininger som måtte taes når platene skal selges til "vanlige" kunder, og ikke bare audiophile.
Nick Davis:
i will try and answer some of your points- but this may be my last post as reading some of your posts is pretty heavy going!
why release these on sacd?
well firstly so that people who want them can have the surround mixes in a high end audio format. this is the main reason- and something i fought for - so that the surrounds would not just be released on dvd-v (although they sound pretty good in this format).
are the mixes compressed?
yes- there is analogue compression in my mixes- as there was on the original mixes- and there is a small amount of digital limiting used in mastering. i have posted before that when mastering we decided to use a small amount of digital limiting (about 3dbs) so as to not squash the life out of these tracks. don't forget that compression it is not all 'doom and gloom' . by doing some limiting you are increasing the amount of bits available (and hence definition) for the very quiet sections- so there is some benefit also. i think the albums sound very musical still with this amount of compression, believe me there are an awful lot of albums with 8dbs or more of limiting, but to have a chance of standing up in the current times a small amount had to be applied. they are not as loud as the 'platinum collectio' cd's if that gices you something to go on- and most of the mixes are new.
why use the stereo remixes?
firstly this is the bands decision. also there are market forces. in the usa a regular cd remaster release would sell very few copies- there aren't enough audiophiles to fill a small hall i'm afraid to say. you don't have to buy these if you don't like the new mixes.at least this way you get something new and a surround mix.
maybe you wont all like all of the mixes but i'm sure some of you will enjoy some of them a lot.
don't give audiophile judgements to streaming audio- i shouldn't surely have to mention this?
please be aware that comments like 'this is crap' etc. do hurt. i know i wont please everyone but have an open mind- it's good for you!
