Second Toughest in the Infants

[Caprice]

Originally Posted by ultradave

I'm talking about enhancing the highs and lows, primarily the lows - Banstyle/Sappy's Curry is the best example - and really, it's the only track on the album that I feel was mixed too low - Maybe it was UW's intention to start that track at such a quiet state - but that beginning bass would kick if it was a little more pronounced! Kind of like Cups when the bass ignites or even Jumbo...

I really really really don't think they wanted to make a "dance" song here. This is a very special song that transcends jumping around.

[Flywaver]

I remember SELECT magazines review of STITI..
Pulp have just done Disco 2000. Underworld have just done Disco 3000! :-D

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by Caprice

I really really really don't think they wanted to make a "dance" song here. This is a very special song that transcends jumping around.

hmmm, nowhere in my post did i detect any indication that I was referring to a "dance" song or jumping around...

to want to feel the music pulse throughout your insides in no way to me says it needs to be a dance song...

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

it's true STITI is just pressed low. Not sure why they did that. So yes you can make it louder without touching the dynamics or "remastering" if you just rip the cd, normalise the wav's to 0dB (or -0.1 dB for safety) and then compress that result to mp3 or whatever to put on your iPod (as Prof demonstrated here).

Thanks King. I'm excited to try this when I get home. It never even dawned on me to do this and I edit music straight from the WAV files all the time... lol! I guess I was just hoping for a cool STITI box w/some extra tracks and video...

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by Troy McClure

...some people thought that Pearls Girl sounded worse on the '92-'02 disc than on STITI?

i always preferred the version of Pearl's Girl from the Saint Soundtrack to be quite honest - but that may just be for sentimental reasons...

i rarely even listen to the 92-02 disc - i just got the japanese version for the extra DVD... and also because i didn't have Big Mouth or Dirty...

[Spooky Shoes]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

it's true STITI is just pressed low. Not sure why they did that. So yes you can make it louder without touching the dynamics or "remastering" if you just rip the cd, normalise the wav's to 0dB (or -0.1 dB for safety) and then compress that result to mp3 or whatever to put on your iPod (as Prof demonstrated here).

There is also Replay Gain.

[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by Spooky Shoes

There is also Replay Gain.

+1

All the mp3s in my collection go through MP3Gain (see Wikipedia for info).