There is no master for that in 5.1 But - it will be remastered in 5.1 in the future.
They really do go to extremes for the recordings.
Example? A couple of tracks for the new album (yes, true, its in the making!) needed 'strings". So PF booked the London Symphony Orchestra. Not just that, they also booked
the Royal Albert Hall in London and 2 mobiles.
However, a couple of things had to be done before they started tracking the LSO:
- The Albert Hall is round, it really doesn't sound all that brilliant, especially when its empty. So crews erected huge backdrop curtains throughout the whole building to get the acoustics right.
- To get the right feel, the band wanted to play live with the orchestra, but they didn't want the band and orchestra sounds to bleed, so a see-through acoustic screen was erected between the stage and the orchestra pit.
To make sure the above happend in-time and right, PF assembled most of the live sound crew, I think it totalled 127 people.
Three songs were recorded like that, with the orchestra tracks on a pair of 2" Studers. The bands live tracks were just recorded as a stem - to be scrapped because those sounds will be added in the studio.
Total costs......... I'll leave it to your imagination.
When will the record be ready? Count on a release towards the end of 94, beginning 95, accompanied by PF's last world tour, in full surround