Hey man, from what I hear, there are some pretty damn great 5.1 mixes of Abbey Road out there. I have Romanotrax's mix (at least I think it's his, need to double-check) and love it. The reason these are available is that the multitracks for the entire album were offered as downloadable content (OGG files) for one of the Rock Band games on Xbox 360.
Which reminds me. It seems that all songs in the Rock Band games are stored in there as multitracks (the game is able to dynamically change volumes of single tracks depending on how well you play), so we're talking stuff from Rick Springfield to Tears for Fears just waiting for somebody to remix. I'm not that good on the technical side, but if people were able to mix Abbey Road from those multitracks, what's stopping them from doing the rest of the Rock Band catalogue? Imagine "Shout" in 5.1. There are some damn creative minds out there, and I'd love to hear their take on that stuff. Would be pretty cool. But I don't have an Xbox 360 of my own, and I may be missing something.
I can tell you that my version came from ogg files that were multitrack. I opened them in Sound Forge, took each track separately and made a mono copy of it. Some of the oggs had 4 or 5 tracks - some had as many as 8 or 9 different parts. I then imported everything into Nuendo and worked on a 5.0 mix. It should be noted that these were actual individual track stems and not just squeezed out of the original mix with eq or other isolation tricks.I have just heard the Beatles Abbey Road in 5.1 DTS. How do they do it? It sounded as good as any 5.1 disc that I have. Can any one tell me
Ron
Darn it! Sounds good though. I wish he'd have used the 24 bit version to do it though! My only complaint!
Well, now you have something to do this weekend! (Really it was quite good. I had to ask if it was a promo. Really though would love to see you do it justice at 24 bit.) I loved it, it was just limited by the medium. I wanted to hear it a bit more clearly is all. HINT HINT HINT HINT HINT HINT HINT HINT did you get my hint...?
I kept listening to it trying to see if I could spot something that would lead me to believe it was made at 'home'. The only thing that might have remotely given it away was a few spots where it seemed the stereo was spread out--I did a google search to look for the DVD let's put it that way.
I can tell you that my version came from ogg files that were multitrack. I opened them in Sound Forge, took each track separately and made a mono copy of it. Some of the oggs had 4 or 5 tracks - some had as many as 8 or 9 different parts. I then imported everything into Nuendo and worked on a 5.0 mix. It should be noted that these were actual individual track stems and not just squeezed out of the original mix with eq or other isolation tricks.
Most drum parts were mono except for a couple tracks which had stereo or 2 drum parts. All vocals were separated by leads and backgrounds. There were isolated keys, strings, pads, and guitars. For the guitar solos in the last part of "The End" all three guitar parts were on one track so I edited them across the three front channels. It took me about two weeks and three or four different tries to get the balances the way I liked them but I think it turned out pretty good overall.
Thanks!!!I'm listening to your version now for what must be almost the 100th time and each time it's like a waking dream. For this listener it stands equal with any official surround from A**** and I only wish they'd have included Sgt. Pepper as a download add on for you to take to task. Thanks man, it's a work of art.
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