Teasing the Korean Posted Thursday at 10:51 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 10:51 PM Digital technologies available in recent years allow for the extraction and isolation of various instruments, even with mono recordings. Are there examples of older jazz recordings with less-than-optimal mixes being reissued in recent years using digital de-mixing technologies to remix them? For example, could Mingus's bass on Massey Hall be isolated and brought up in the mix? I know that this technology has been applied to some pop records, but I wonder about jazz. I assume there wouldn't be much financial incentive to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted Friday at 02:43 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:43 AM 3 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: Digital technologies available in recent years allow for the extraction and isolation of various instruments, even with mono recordings. Are there examples of older jazz recordings with less-than-optimal mixes being reissued in recent years using digital de-mixing technologies to remix them? For example, could Mingus's bass on Massey Hall be isolated and brought up in the mix? I know that this technology has been applied to some pop records, but I wonder about jazz. I assume there wouldn't be much financial incentive to do so. I imagine the software gets cheaper with each passing year, so in the near future you'll be able to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted Friday at 03:14 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 03:14 AM (edited) It's been available to the general public for years. I use it at times, but never have thought to alter a jazz recording. Not aware of actual re-released jazz recordings that have been altered in this way, but it wouldn't surprise me if they existed. (I'm assuming you aren't referring to things like "Kind of Blue"-type enhancements and so forth). Edited Friday at 03:24 AM by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted Friday at 03:30 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 03:30 AM Not at all sure that Mingus/Massey Hall would be the best use for this technology, or even a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhatta Posted Friday at 12:24 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 12:24 PM I think Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10 can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted Friday at 12:38 PM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 12:38 PM 9 hours ago, JSngry said: Not at all sure that Mingus/Massey Hall would be the best use for this technology, or even a good one. Well, it's all subjective, but inaudible bass typically leads to my unloading a record. I can't remember if there is enough bass on the original to bring it out further. But I have the version where Mingus overdubbed the bass, so in that sense, it is probably not the best example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted Friday at 04:29 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 04:29 PM The overdubbed bass version has been the standard version for all but the first year (or less) of the initial release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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