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Thanks James. I'm pretty sure the replay chain was calibrated to the test tones - the recordings were indeed made at Spaceward! I wish now that the transfers had been made with and without the Dolby A decoding. I think the tapes were BASF as you say. One of the problems was that we only had a 15...

I've sent you a PM with the whole album with your revisions and the artwork/lyrics that went with the double CD. The other tracks are just my attempts at adding a bit of extra sparkle. I'd very much appreciate your thoughts. I only managed to attend a couple of the sessions. The one I remember...

Wow Miroslav, you've done a fantastic job with this! I love it and I'm pretty sure Mick would have too - much closer to what he would have wanted. I can picture the grin on his face listening to it. A big thank-you from him too. I'm intrigued by your comments about the song being done in...

Thanks for the update on Steppenwolf. I would really appreciate anything you can do with those horns! I played test 2 of the other track really loud in the car today and it sounds fantastic!

Thanks again! I see what you mean about the "go for broke" version - I liked it on first play but then played the Test 3 less "broke" version and like this much better - I think this is my favourite! I'm going to wait a day then play them all again to make another comparison.But I like all the...

Yes the horn like synth part! I love the real violin but not the synth in the connecting passages. It would be great if you could see what you could do. Maybe also put some more top end on to give more sparkle like the other track and try to pull out the lead guitar more in the break? Thanks...

Thanks again. I have just sent you a PM with the other tune!

Thanks for your thoughts Rob. I thought it would need a pretty huge magnetic field to do this. A reel was wiped too. As you say it couldn't have been done by the car itself. The other aspect of this story gets a bit Close Encounters-ish! He was driving on a dark country road near Thaxted and...

I've been working with old tapes recently - and have had some fantastic help on the forum from Miroslav and other guys trying to remaster a track from a digital copy made 15 years ago from 40 year old studio tape. This got me thinking about an odd incident from the time of the recordings which...

Hi Miroslav - Thanks so much! It sounds terrific now - the drums are much crisper, the vocals better - can hear the reverb more clearly - and the guitars fantastic - the gritty SG fills and the Strat lead more prominent. If you have time to make any adjustments. could I ask if you could maybe go...

Thanks Miroslav. I've sent a PM with a link to the original 24/96 file and the WAV of my eq'd version. It is a bit clumsy as I've used weTransfer and the link is enormous but hopefully it will work. Please let me know if you get it ok else I'll have to work out another way of sending it!

Wow, thanks so much Miroslav, that sounds fantastic! - how I always thought it should sound. Is there any chance I send you (maybe by PM?) my eq'd WAV file for you to perhaps have a go at treating like this?

What a fantastic deck! I just looked up the spec on hifiEngine. Am I right in thinking you have the B version with dbx? Really interested in what you make of the recordings once you've worked on it. What a great project.

thanks jp - I'm encouraged that you think the EQ'd version it is an improvement - I think some of the top end must have deteriorated due to the storage in a hot loft for all those years.

I've always been amazed at what you can get out of cassettes. I keep plugging away here about what a terrific sound you can get from a Tascam 244 for example. Yours knocked me sideways though.

Thanks for this Alan. Crikey - I can't believe you got that result from a cassette! Presumably recorded on a top deck with Dolby S?!! I wish you'd remastered my tapes!

Thanks for taking a listen guys. I've posted the tracks again at more matched levels. Part of the problem is that in the original recording the sound level appears to drop after the intro when the vocals kick in - as if the engineer was applying the fader - and it has always seemed to me that...

Thanks again for the comment on this, I've uploaded the before and after files of one of the tracks - "Out and Running". It should be obvious which one has the eq. The original starts off at higher levels - I've kept levels lower on the new version, as advised. Please bear in mind this is a 40...

Thanks for the comments guys. I've kept levels down but will swot up on intersample peaking etc. The copy was definitely made using a Dolby A decoder - it took a while and cost quite a bit fo the studio to get hold of one! I'm wondering if the playback machine was down in response. Thanks for...

I'm struggling a bit and would appreciate any advice on this. I have a 24/96 digital copy of a master tape of an album recorded by my late brother 40 years ago this month. I had the copy made 14 years ago after I had made enquiries at the old (long closed down) recording studio. The original 2...