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Remastering a digital release of a track made in the late 90's
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| DjStephenWiley |
| Anybody ever done this before or knows how to do it? The most obvious weakness is the kick which needless to say needs to be brought up to today's standards. The rest of the track really isn't that bad but it seems to have a very non-crisp sound (if that makes any sense) - I was thinking perhaps multi-band stuff, RBass, or something. Any ideas out there? |
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| tehlord |
| I'm by no means a mastering expert but Ozone 4 has some very tasty multi band exciters and M/S EQ on it. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| Yea. I'm going to obviously have to take a multi-band approach but I was wondering if any had done this in the past or have a good idea of how it should be done. Advice is very much appreciated. |
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| kitphillips |
Hmm... Well, I would think some compression in the low end would be a good option, try and widen it out on the high mids a bit using a m/s eq maybe...
I'd be curious to hear if anyone else has any other ideas. Why specifically are you remastering it? There obviously aren't any go-to settings for this stuff, you need to know what problems it has in the first place. |
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| tehlord |
| I can only really comment about what i'd do in Ozone 4 but the main culprits would be some narrow Q EQ around the place you want to boost the kick (obviously) and also the multiband exciter and loudness maximisers. The bands are adjustable in a similar way that the Q on an EQ is so you can zone in in whatever frequncy you want to manipulate. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
I can only really comment about what i'd do in Ozone 4 but the main culprits would be some narrow Q EQ around the place you want to boost the kick (obviously) and also the multiband exciter and loudness maximisers. The bands are adjustable in a similar way that the Q on an EQ is so you can zone in in whatever frequncy you want to manipulate. |
I prefer RBass over Ozone when it comes to raising lower frequencies. I've tried to filter sweep across the lower ends to find the kick but I was having a hard time. Keep in mind this was a track originally mastered for vinyl and later released in a digital format without digital mastering. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by kitphillips
I'd be curious to hear if anyone else has any other ideas. Why specifically are you remastering it? There obviously aren't any go-to settings for this stuff, you need to know what problems it has in the first place. |
It's for a release compilation. For what it's worth, it is "L-Vee - Look Inside (Fire & Ice Remix)" |
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| tehlord |
Well being mastered for vinyl is most likely why there's less crispy top end!
It might be a faff timing wise but i'd try layering a new kick on there if I was doing it. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
that's a damn good idea. maybe just putting the deeper punch parts of a kick in there would sound good. I wonder if it'll sit good in a mix. Def. gonna try it out.
As for the high's, yea, that's analog for ya. I'm not worried about anything past 2khz. It's just the lower end is not up to par with today's standards (although it was superior in its release era) |
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| tehlord |
DDMF do a decent (and cheap) M/S EQ plugin. I've got the IIEQ Pro and it's excellent on the master for a bit more top end. It's also (again) worth noting that Ozone 4 has a pretty handy mastering reverb that works in M/S as well. It'd allow you to add a tiny amount of reverb to the top end L/R while ommiting it from the centre frequencies.
*disclaimer - I do not work for Izotope, nor am I affiliated to them in any way :p |
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| Richard Butler |
Watch out for odd phasing and flangy issues when introducing a new kick.
I'd eq the old one out as best as possible to start with!
Bass line may need similar treatment.
Good luck with this. |
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| kitphillips |
| I'd be VERY careful introducing new elements. It could end very badly. Aside from which, it seems a bit disrespectful... |
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