I recently downloaded a few older (pre-2000) trance tracks in WAV form from Beatport. I'm thinking, "Great, I can finally have these tracks in the highest quality rather than just hearing them in sets or on YouTube." Then I listen to them only to find that they sound a bit shitty, and I wonder why. So I load them into Audacity and lo and behold, the levels are all maxed out and there are clipped peaks galore, something you generally do not see as much in music put out before the early 2000s or so. Someone has "remastered" them, probably for a Beatport reissue or whatever, and turned the audio quality to shit to make sure they fall in line with the stupid supercompressed standards of much of today's dance music.

Anyone else experience this?

Which tracks, out of interest? And which labels?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Which tracks, out of interest? And which labels?

L.S.G. - "The Blaxone", "Fragile", "The Train of Thought 1.1" [Superstition]
Virtual Symmetry - "See you" [Schallbau]

Haven't noticed this myself. I've only really bought the NE re-releases and a couple of old Hooj releases, and they sound fine.

You've put me off buying Humate's 3 EP though.

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> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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a lot of new releases are mastered quite shittily as well.

it is a lost art and it can be really frustrating for the buyer at times.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On No, but I also don't drink out of a fucking sippy-cup you goddamned Appalachian.

The Northern Exposure Recordings reissues that I bought on BP have been fine. Thankfully they either did not touch them or did so tastefully enough that I didn't notice any decrease in quality.

Well, when I pay for something and then I get fucked on it like this, I just go get a lossless copy by other means then.

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ummmmmmm.

lol

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On No, but I also don't drink out of a fucking sippy-cup you goddamned Appalachian.

What I do not get is how some producers today can listen through their tunes that have been squashed by compressors and think, "This sounds great!" Is it because all the other music they listen to sounds shitty and squashed, too?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles What I do not get is how some producers today can listen through their tunes that have been squashed by compressors and think, "This sounds great!" Is it because all the other music they listen to sounds shitty and squashed, too?

Yes.

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does ebay not offer the CDM or something similar for a used price?

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i writed a song.

many of the old labels might have lost their DAT recordings and maybe just rip some from their overused vinyl instead. lol i dont know.