yeah, what i uploaded was the best option. ok. i'll get to work on the reconstruction after lunch.

i seem to have taken this 2002 file down in volume for continuity purposes. i may even do it again, but it can't be the alpha.

and, actually, i found a file from 2002 - it was mixed quietly, so i've taken it up, and while it doesn't null with the 2007 mix, it's close. i've got volume differences and cd compression in the way. it certainly nulls more with the 2007 mix than it does with the 2002 mp3, leading me to believe it wasn't burnt from mp3 and the 2007 mix was the original. it's not coming out in the form of a reverb ghost or something, it seems like a volume difference, primarily.

but, i've got an a/b, there. i need to pick one of the two. either the 2002 mix was basically burnt from the same file (meaning the 2007 mix is the original file), or i've got some processing on the 2007 file to find. if i can't hear it, it's not there.....

...and i want to stick with the file at almost exactly the same volume as the 2002 mp3, which is the 2007 file, which is what i had to begin with.

note to self: leave notes to self.

actually, i've found a more scientific way to determine this.

1) the file i uploaded to bandcamp initially (sometime between 07 and 10) seems to be the same as the 2007 file. it's the same size, and it's nulling, even. so, the perception i'm having that the original upload sounds better is psychological.
2) the 2007 file i have is NOT the decompressed mp3, because, if it was, it would null. that being said, the intro nulls. so, i therefore must have taken the intro out of the mp3 and then done something else with the other file.
3) i'm slowly convincing myself that i didn't eq it.

bottom line: that's the file. i'm going to get to the point of remixing it, and i'll compare, but i think i'm dealing with a foobar fail. it sounds "right" in cool edit...

so, i'm about to update that.

actually, it sounds better in cool edit. i'm anal, i know, but sometimes, foobar really doesn't reproduce the files well...

keep in mind, i'm comparing it to a wave editor. maybe that's not fair. but there's gotta be a windows player at this point that's as good as cool edit was c. 2000.....

i'm slowly coming to the conclusion that i need to find a better player. especially for wave files.

uploading already completed tracks to inri055

1) http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/dnnng


2) this is a little messy, but such is the charm of acoustic demos. this was recorded live through a tascam four-track into cool edit (running on a PIII), with sean on the right channel and myself on the left channel and then mixed into stereo afterwards. unfortunately, you can hear the hard drive recorder skip at a few points; i ended up working it into the composition, but it wasn't initially intentional.

this was meant to purely be a demo, but i ended up just building the mix on top of it.

written and recorded in early 2002. track released feb 5, 2002.

http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/9-16-outside-the-magenta-box-acoustic-demo


3) this is the original vocal mix from 2002, and also appears on the rabit is wolf demo.

written and recorded in early 2002. track released february 8, 2002.

http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/9-46-outside-the-magenta-box-original-full-mix

so, the 9:46 single is going to be february/02, basically. the rabit material is unique in having otherwise discarded mixes that differ dramatically from final versions - i generally work on the track until it's done and that's it but with all the stylistic upheavals and the influence of 1.5 other people, it got messier than normal. so, i'm going to fill it up with goodies, 'cause why not...

there'll be a few tracks with minor or no mods up almost immediately.

unlike clarity, the final version is going to be significantly remixed. it was a messy mix that i mostly tossed together as a demo in the wee hours of a frozen february morning. there's even some digital corruption in the file. it wasn't meant to be final. but the vocals carried it as it was well enough that it didn't need it, really. if i'm going to reclaim this as an instrumental, it needs significant work to get there.

so, workflow on this:

1) acoustic tour demo mix (also on acoustic tour ep)
2) vocal mix (also on rabit demo)
3) instrumental mix (also on j^2)
4) extra demos from feb, 2002 - mostly as is, and mostly otherwise orphaned files

cigarettes are gone, i'm feeling calm, and i'm ready to make the best of what i've got left to do.