I really think someone should just update some older classic tracks that just sound muddy nowadays. Think how much better they would sound with modern mastering techniques and production technology. I don't mean a remix, just an update.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Judging by some of the things I've seen people say around here, it seems like the presence of "modern" mixing and mastering techniques in a track is almost as important to them as the track's musical composition and arrangement. It seems like if a track "sounds dated," a number of people will automatically have a strong negative bias against it. How do you feel about this issue? Personally, I don't care much at all whether a track "sounds old"...

Carl Craig remixes sound like they were made in '96 that doesnt stop everyone from buying them

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Originally posted by the_gamemaster I really think someone should just update some older classic tracks that just sound muddy nowadays. Think how much better they would sound with modern mastering techniques and production technology. I don't mean a remix, just an update.

Often this is done by someone else and it will be called a remix. There are also examples where the year is added the track title, but I'm not sure the original producer made the update.

An example of a track where I think it has become more timeless is:

Speedy J - Pullover (Cavin Rotane RMX)

I think there are a lot of remixes made of this track and many I didn't hear.

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I have been on a nostalgia run lately, listening to and mixing old tracks... and there's just so much more energy to them somehow. I'm not sure if I've come across a badly mastered track, does anyone have examples?

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Originally posted by isoterra fixed

It's hardly a given that "modern = good" in the mixing and mastering department.

Personally I find that the "everything stuffed full of frequencies and limited to the max" style can get very annoying and tiresome to listen to. There's no sense of space or breathing room.

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Originally posted by whiskers I have been on a nostalgia run lately, listening to and mixing old tracks... and there's just so much more energy to them somehow. I'm not sure if I've come across a badly mastered track, does anyone have examples?

anything junior vasquez made around the year 2000. Really muddy compared to today's mastering standards

I used to care if something sounded 'old' or dated, but not anymore. In fact I now find that eight or nine times out of ten, older actually sounds better, if only because I don't get on well with the whole 'turn it up to eleven' ethic of recent years.

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I used to come off with this sort of "too outdated-sounding" attitude before. The key here is to stay open minded, and listen to as much different styled music from most various time periods as possible. As the time passes by and you let all of the listened through material soak in, the snobbish judgement goes away. Or at least it did for me.

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