Friday, January 8, 2016

a psycho kills a cow (final album mix)

so, this insane little tune actually took me all day to remaster.

the highest quality source i have for this is a 56 kbps mp3 from oct, 1997. but, here's the thing: it was constructed almost entirely from 8-bit samples. the only exception is the vocal croak at the end, which i took in at your normal 16-bit level with a mic into the back of the pc.

there was actually a lot of detail to pull out of it. and, it's consequently actually an exquisite speaker test. if you can hear multiple channels of sound, you have a pretty good speaker setup.

my laptop totally fails. even through the bassy phones, strangely. there's some sub frequencies going on down there - try it through a subwoofer. but, be careful with the volume to start...

the first ten tracks have now been replaced. i believe that 12, 14, 16 and 18 will require no editing. the other segues (11,13,15,17,19) are in an undetermined state. i will have to do something or other with all of them, or they'll no doubt sound flat in sequence. but, it may just be a question of running them through the izotope patch for the song before or after them.

i dunno. i know i wanted this done yesterday before lunch...

it can't be too much longer, though.

initially created in 1997. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/a-psycho-kills-a-cow