OceanLab - Beautiful Together (Signum remix)

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Posted by the_gamemaster on Nov-26-2007 20:02:

OceanLab - Beautiful Together (Signum remix)

Why on earth is this track so poorly produced? It sounds like your'e listening to it played in around 24kbps, or through a phone line or something, even on vinyl, as Ive just bought it (and no it isnt a second hand or dodgy white label, its on anjunabeats).

Its not even as if its been made by poor producers with low quality equipment, so why does is there so much interference?

Its a real shame too as the melodies are so cool and it could be an awesome track. Maybe we should get a TA to do a remix thats actually clean.

Posted by SMC on Nov-26-2007 20:13:

Sounds fine to me.

Posted by Nostalgic on Nov-26-2007 20:48:

I agree with the thread starter, every rip i've heard from this track sounded pretty low quality and i've always wondered about it as well.

Posted by skip on Nov-26-2007 21:02:

i bought the cdr ages ago from anjunabeats and it doesn't sound THAT bad to me. while it doesn't sound very clear and crisp it doesn't sound like a 24kbps mp3 either. i've never had a problem with it.

Posted by Fledz on Nov-27-2007 02:01:

That's how it was back then. To be honest, I think it adds to the track. Gives it a sort of warmth though it's not as bad as you make it out to be.

Posted by Jono404 on Nov-27-2007 02:09:

It's not that old is it? 03/04?

Never gone much on it anyway. Signum's mix of Web - Lovin' Times or any of their 99 stuff pisses all over it.

Posted by Fledz on Nov-27-2007 02:17:

2003. I guess mastering wasn't as critical in all tracks back then as it is now.

Perhaps that was the desired sound Anyway, like I said I think it actually sounds good that way.

Posted by SMC on Nov-27-2007 02:23:

lol, "back then", were you born yesterday or something?

Posted by Jono404 on Nov-27-2007 02:28:

There was more hardware involved in production back then, even if it is only 4 years ago. Now you can do pretty much everything on a fast pc with some good software. Doesn't mean mastering was less important though, look at tunes like Bedrock - Heaven Scent. 1999 and it still sounds quite fresh, which is how Greg Downey got away with doing f**k all and calling it a remix haha.

Posted by AustralianGQ on Nov-27-2007 02:39:

such a beautiful tune, i have the mp3 in 192kps and sounds great to me!

Posted by isoterra on Nov-27-2007 03:01:

this track has one of the best kick/bassline combos ever.. as far as it's style goes anyway. tyas & friends take note

i guess the treble sounds a tad muddy next to today's stuff but i've never noticed it to be abnormally bad. besides the very first time i heard it, which was a shitty reconstructed rip back in 03

Posted by chadi on Dec-05-2007 18:38:

I always preferred the original version of this one. Was always more complete sounding, even if it was a bit more simplistic in its production.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Dec-05-2007 19:53:

Good grief, stop saying it was made "back then", it's barely 4 years old FFS!

It does sound a bit gritty and unpolished but somehow I get the feeling it was made that way intentionally.

Posted by Gaz1 on Dec-05-2007 21:18:

Sounds Fine to me this remix by signum been a while since i last heard this.

Posted by 8Wonders on Dec-06-2007 01:06:

I always liked the unofficial setrip that floated around before it was released officially, it had a lot more oomph to it and then when the vinyl/cdr was out, it lost some of that power.

If you listen to the original mix that came package, you'll notice that it also sounds pretty dirty, so I don't think its the productions themselves, just shoddy mastering/vinyl presses.

Posted by Nell on Dec-06-2007 01:09:

check out the new nitrous oxide remix for anjuna's 100th release, much prefer it to the signum remix.

Posted by B_man on Dec-06-2007 02:04:

I liked the original... maybe I should hunt down this remix...