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 inch 16 track tapes were unfortunately sold in the early 80s. The 1/4 inch 15 ips master had been lost but a 1/4 inch 15 ips copy had been made (Dolby A used throughout) and found in the engineer's loft. It was this 26 year old tape that I had digitised. I had a CD released from this tape as it sounded pretty amazing. But lately, at the 40th anniversary, I got to listening to the CD again critically and think it sounds a bit dull. I recently remastered the tape applying an 8dB boost at 9.6KHz and believe this has improved the sound dramatically - you can hear detail in the cymbals and vocals for example that had been lost. Noise is still virtually nil. In a word it sounds like I remember when I attended the sessions in '79. I wonder if I am just restoring high frequencies that have been lost with age and storage or if I am tampering with a recording which should be left alone. What do you think guys?
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 inch 16 track tapes were unfortunately sold in the early 80s. The 1/4 inch 15 ips master had been lost but a 1/4 inch 15 ips copy had been made (Dolby A used throughout) and found in the engineer's loft. It was this 26 year old tape that I had digitised. I had a CD released from this tape as it sounded pretty amazing. But lately, at the 40th anniversary, I got to listening to the CD again critically and think it sounds a bit dull. I recently remastered the tape applying an 8dB boost at 9.6KHz and believe this has improved the sound dramatically - you can hear detail in the cymbals and vocals for example that had been lost. Noise is still virtually nil. In a word it sounds like I remember when I attended the sessions in '79. I wonder if I am just restoring high frequencies that have been lost with age and storage or if I am tampering with a recording which should be left alone. What do you think guys?