Jane's Addiction- Strays

[The Bright Side]

This has a very good mix, but the brickwalled fronts drown out everything else so I couldn't enjoy it. I reduced the fronts by 3db and boosted the center by 1db and it sounds much better. I also dropped the LFE channel.

Here's the before and after:

Hey Sukothai, this is quite interesting. Explains the bad volume dynamics I wrote about... Your screenshot is about what I expected the fronts to look like. Classic loudness war :-( Shame!

[sukothai]

Classic loudness war :-( Shame!

Yes, I wish there were an "Undo Compression" button in the audio tools, but as it is the best we can do is fix the relative volume level. I was pleasantly surprised by how much more enveloping the mix is with this simple change. It seems to restore some of the dynamics because your attention is drawn to the rears more often where dynamics exist.

[DKA]

Hey Sukothai, this is quite interesting. Explains the bad volume dynamics I wrote about... Your screenshot is about what I expected the fronts to look like. Classic loudness war :-( Shame!

You'd think the loudness wars wouldn't apply too much to surround.

This is what, unfortunately, sunk otherwise fantastic mixes like some of the Flaming Lips stuff. That has to be some of the most headache-inducing stuff I've ever heard.

[LizardKing]

Sounds much better (e.g more balanced) with the levels adjusted

[timbre4]

Did a first pass with regular levels, love these songs. Need to listen again with some rear boost.

[quattroatl]

First listen had me thinking that the sonics were terrible. It reminds me of the Oasis sacd and Alice in Chains sacd. Some music seem better left alone in 2-channel. The dynamics are terrible to my bleeding ears for this one. A thumbs down IMHO.

[The Bright Side]

Hey guys, this little bugger is up on the Bay right now, sealed. The guy even mentions us in the description. :-)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Janes-Addict.../121105813440?

[Led9]

Just went for $121. Glad I got lucky and got mine for only $25 a while back.