Noahhaon Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I love1,039/Smoothed out slappy hours, but the quality is just so.. They sound so far away you know? So I was searching for a better version of the album, and a friend of mine says that the USA remaster sounds better. Is that true, and does such a remaster exist? Or a fan remaster for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I have the "2003 remaster" on CD and it sounds like the audio is just louder to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noahhaon Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 I have the "2003 remaster" on CD and it sounds like the audio is just louder to me. So the "far away" effect is still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 So the "far away" effect is still there? I don't know, I haven't really listened to the original version much but I do have the original CD too, so I can check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Benjamin Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 There's a 2007 remaster that came out with a Kerplunk one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity Loan Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 It all starts with the way it was recorded (environment, microphones, recording medium, etc). For the low-budget band they were and considering it was the late '80s/early '90s, we can't expect anything to be better than what we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis. Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Which version do you have right now? On the original it wasn't that loud, so maybe that's that problem..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshDaveJones Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I'll try my best to "re-master" it for you guys and put it on the YouToob seen as though it's not allowed here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 No remastering is going to make it sound any better than what it does now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshDaveJones Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 No remastering is going to make it sound any better than what it does now... Yeah but attempting to get multitracks by phasing and then re-mixing may sound better than it does now... please feel free to shoot me down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yeah but attempting to get multitracks by phasing and then re-mixing may sound better than it does now... please feel free to shoot me down. DIY multi tracks? Eh imo won't make it sound better Not shooting you down tho if you do it feel free to upload it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinch Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Yeah but attempting to get multitracks by phasing and then re-mixing may sound better than it does now... please feel free to shoot me down. Sorry man, I've tried extracting anything I can but with 39/smooth and kerplunk it's not possible. Too much echo/reverb making it leak into the other channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis. Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 No remastering is going to make it sound any better than what it does now... The only real difference is that the remasters are louder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain peroxide Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I mean, that's what mastering is, mostly. Making a song sound bigger and louder. But it's working with the established mix. The whole thing would need to be re-recorded, honestly. It's not like Death Magnetic or American Idiot, where the sound errors were a result of how it was mastered (over-compression). Green Day's first two albums were recorded using bad equipment, and there's not much we can do to fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 The only real difference is that the remasters are louder True but the sound will still sound far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter1994 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I have all studio albums of Green Day on Vinyl, and digitalized some of them. Here a sample of knowledge: https://mega.co.nz/#!VQV2WY7a!dfB56PnTdemWMQWPLH-f82jkSMyCo7cTSpqHHcAwbjg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noahhaon Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Thanks guys, the remaster is indd only a little louder, so cranking up the volume of the original did the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Saiyaman Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I think it would be cool for them to overall re-record 39/Smooth and Kerplunk. It would be cool to see how a trilogy sounding "Android" would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noahhaon Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 I think it would be cool for them to overall re-record 39/Smooth and Kerplunk. It would be cool to see how a trilogy sounding "Android" would be. I totally agree, or a CD collection with demo's etc, unreleased material. Although I do not think that the clean trilogy sounds fit the old material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Saiyaman Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I totally agree, or a CD collection with demo's etc, unreleased material. Although I do not think that the clean trilogy sounds fit the old material I could see some acoustic versions sounding pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I could see some acoustic versions sounding pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Saiyaman Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Ooh, I haven't listened to those versions in forever! Were those acoustic versions for the "Studio Banter" thing? I keep forgetting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Ooh, I haven't listened to those versions in forever! Were those acoustic versions for the "Studio Banter" thing? I keep forgetting. I think the Paper Lanterns acoustic was for some radio show back in 1991 or something. I haven't heard any other acoustics from pre-Dookie though, so I don't know if there are any others or, if there are, where they came from. I just know of the Paper Lanterns one because it helped me learn the guitar part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Saiyaman Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I think the Paper Lanterns acoustic was for some radio show back in 1991 or something. I haven't heard any other acoustics from pre-Dookie though, so I don't know if there are any others or, if there are, where they came from. I just know of the Paper Lanterns one because it helped me learn the guitar part. Just checked. There was also Words I Might Have Ate and One For the Razorbacks for the same radio show. Well, Words I Might Have Ate is acoustic in the first place, so maybe that counts. But let me just say, I want to see 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours on vinyl and 39/Smooth on CD. I don't know, I just always wanted wanted 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours on vinyl if it's already on CD and 39/Smooth on CD if it's already on vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I think the Paper Lanterns acoustic was for some radio show back in 1991 or something. I haven't heard any other acoustics from pre-Dookie though, so I don't know if there are any others or, if there are, where they came from. I just know of the Paper Lanterns one because it helped me learn the guitar part. Paper Lanterns, One for the Razorbacks, and Words I Might Have Ate from 1991. 2000 Light Years Away was done acoustic in 2009. Christie Road and One of My Lies by Billie in 98 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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