sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hello fellow adventurers, after some really long fiddling around, I'm proud to present you a two-and-a-half hour monster I named ... -> Mega Monkey edition This "release" should leave nothing to be desired. All the tunes in the best possible quality. If you got a question, remarks or death threats, don't hesitate! And now, if you like, have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nice! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Also: What did you do to the "19th Anniversary Edition" to make it better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 All the tunes in the best possible quality. I beg to differ (I'm currently working on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Also: What did you do to the "19th Anniversary Edition" to make it better? better than what? better than the MT-32 version: no, different. better than the Amiga version: no, different. better than the version at soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/scummbar: yes That's just a CD audio rip - differs from the rest in ... - quality (EAC, FLAC) - completeness - added PC speaker version - nice artwork ;-) - eco-friendly download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 I beg to differ (I'm currently working on it) I repeat: "All the tunes in the best possible quality". What's wrong about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I repeat: "All the tunes in the best possible quality". What's wrong about that? Because I have them at better quality... did you check those links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Better than your old ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 That's what I meant when saying "better" Just download those four clips I've linked to with each word of "I beg to differ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Yeah, but you wrote "I beg to differ" to my claim that I provide the music in the best quality possible. I assume you don't want to say that my files are crap.(?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Not at all! They are better than my LucasArtsSoundtracks-version. But they are not in the "best possible quality", as I have a FLAC-rip right here that's even better than your version. I'm still editing it to replace the soundtrack on my site. ("I beg to differ" bedeutet lediglich "Da bin ich anderer Meinung"... die Qualität deiner Files ist klasse, keine Frage, besser hätte ich das auch nicht machen können... aber ich habe jemanden im Netz gefunden, der es irgendwie geschafft hat, die Musik nochmal weitaus besser zu rippen... keine Ahnung wie, aber sie klingen eher nach CD-Qualität als unser 22KHz-Kram) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Now I'm at home, listened closely with my 'phones and at my first sight (or listen) they do appear to be better. I assume they took the same files but ran them through some filters to fresh them up. But I hope they're not from wqcr's torrent. These files were "remastered" to sound boomy and then in some places, quality problems (like some digital crackle) only got worse! (The percussion in "row boat" is really harsh, btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 They ARE from WQCR... and to me they sound a lot better, although the bass is indeed a bit too strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 And of course: Why didn't you announce your renewals? All these precious hours. Where is the petition form for an official release????!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hey, I didn't know you were working on something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 They ARE from WQCR... and to me they sound a lot better, although the bass is indeed a bit too strong. Then please listen to Minnie's tune. Awful. In my version I had the principle to not touch the original quality. I favor "flat" instead of "boomy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hey, I didn't know you were working on something Of course! No, you knew, you just wanted to annoy me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Then please listen to Minnie's tune. Awful. I assume that my sound setup is to cheap to hear the problems, I can hear only minimal hissing in the strings. Still, I think it's incredible what quality he got out of those files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 They ARE from WQCR... and to me they sound a lot better, although the bass is indeed a bit too strong. Got to say that I prefer Sinus's versions myself. The WQCR are so bass heavy as to be annoying and just seem to distort the originals. Sinus's versions are feel more "balanced" to me. Still, it's nice to have the option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinus Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 "balanced", yeah that's what I mean, "flat" is more an option for equalizers - youknowwhaddamean! ^^ The general problem with the source files is, the pieces differ very much in quality and sound level from the beginning. Some sound clear, some muffled (like Choose your weapon). Some sound flat, some warm. It was hard enough (for me) to level them in loudness/volume, I don't dare to imagine how much weeks it could take to adjust them soundwise, so that they all sound same. The approach by Ondřej is interesting but I think it could have been done more cautiously. And as some pieces lack sound information (drop-outs) and others some kind of distortion (the hiss) it would be very hard/impossible to realize. The hiss (treble sound) for example was just amplified during the process of "remastering" as was the percussion in "row boat". The only real solution would be a proper official 2 CD soundtrack release and: w/o all the SFX. But that's utopic. I hope they'll at least release the SoMI:SE soundtrack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 LucasArts hates soundtracks and giving things proper releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-island Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 The Dig and Grim Fandango got soundtrack releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 So did Loom! Sort of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Graffiti Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Yeah, but that was ten years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Maybe LEC will do a CMI special edition that uses higher-res versions of the original art and all the music with less compression. That's pretty much what I want them to do with Grim Fandango too. Grim Fandango in particular would be ideal for like the 360 thanks to its controls. It's almost like Schafer foresaw its second coming on consoles over a decade later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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