[AUDIO ONLY]
CHAPTERS :
00:00 Wake Up Dead
03:36 The Conjuring
08:37 Peace Sells
12:38 Devils Island
17:41 Good Mourning/Black Friday
24:19 Bad Omen
28:22 I Ain't Superstitious
31:05 My Last Words
For this project I used the Rock Band 2 stems for a fine-tuned remaster, FL Studio for the mixing and Audacity for the mastering. Also used Vocal Remover for every extraction from the original mixes.
Global changelog :
Kick drum :
- Used Clarity FX De-verb to attenuate reverb
- Used Maximus to further attenuate residual reverb
- Used Transient Processor to give more transient to the attack
- Used Fast-Distortion to give more "strength" to the kicks
- Boosted frequencies below 90Hz and used a low-pass filter for frequencies below 8kHz
Snare drum :
- Used Clarity FX De-verb to attenuate reverb
- Used Maximus to further attenuate residual reverb
- Boosted frequencies around 125Hz and around 760Hz to make the snare pop-out more
Cymbals and Toms :
- Used Clarity FX De-verb to attenuate reverb
- Boosted frequencies around 125Hz and around 260Hz to make the snare pop-out more from the residual snare sounds from the track
Guitars :
- Boosted frequencies above 8kHz to add more clarity to the guitars
- Boosted some of Chris Poland's solos (like in Wake Up Dead at 1:55 and I Ain't Superstitious at 30:08)
I Separated the bass track into 2 tracks with filters at 185Hz for more precision when mixing.
Bass 1 :
- Used a low-pass filter at 185Hz
- Used Maximus to help boosting lower frequencies
Bass 2 :
- Used a high-pass filter at 185Hz
- Used the default EQ settings in Hardcore (but not the effects)
Vocals :
- Restored profanities using extraction (like in Good Mourning/Black Friday at 19:43)
- Light filter on frequencies at 13kHz to attenuate sibilance
Notable changes per track :
- Restored the bass cut-off in Wake Up Dead at 2:38
- Boosted Poland's Guitar in Wake Up Dead at 1:55
- Used the Randy Burns Mix drums stem extracted to enhance the snare in The Conjuring (the original snare stem was horrible)
- Restored delay on Mustaine's voice in Peace Sells
- Restored the vocal harmonies in Peace Sells at 12:03
- Made Mustaine's vocals quieted towards the end of Peace Sells so that Poland's masterpiece of a solo is clearer (12:14 - 12:38)
- Used the Randy Burns Mix drums stem extracted to enhance the snare in Good Mourning/Black Friday (the original snare stem was horrible)
- Restored the "What the fuck is this ?" thanks to an extraction from the Randy Burns Mix at 19:43
- Boosted Poland's solo in Bad Omen at 25:24
- Restored profanities in I Ain't Superstitious at 29:05, 29:47 and 29:55
- Bass cut-off at 29:55 in I Ain't Superstitious because I felt like it
- Cut-off of all instruments except for Poland from 30:09 to 30:11 because I felt like it (for real it gives more impact to Poland's solo)
- My Last Words is perfect already and is the best song in this album PERIOD
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