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Post Posted Sun Oct 09, 2016 4:44 pm
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Whoops, forgot to mention the actual track name >_>

Talking about the title track "Rosetta".
Post Posted Sun Oct 09, 2016 4:53 pm
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No skip either, but there is a click betwee 4:12 and 4:13 which is not a skip from what I can see in the spectral frequency. But it's odd that the album has a couple of these errors non the less.
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Post Posted Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:55 am
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Pictures from his home and studio in this album trailer.

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Post Posted Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:24 pm
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shadow wrote: Track 8 (Rosetta) has some very slight distortion also happening on the right channel at 2:15.
Just go the CD version... and yeah, the distortions on Rosetta at ~2:15 and ~4:11 are present just like on the vinyl version. Same with the loud parts in Sunlight from 2:59-3:40ish.

The Spotify version also contains those issues, but since the Spotify master is full of LOUDNESSWAR anyway, it can be ignored from now on. ;P

I think it's definitely a shoddy master that's to blame here.
Post Posted Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:51 pm
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Bit of a shame because the Dynamic Range is insane for these days.
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Post Posted Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:44 pm
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Too bad that they didn't bother for 180 grams vinyls concidering that this is Vangelis best album since the Blade Runner. These vinyls are pretty wobbly.
Finaero wrote: Just go the CD version... and yeah, the distortions on Rosetta at ~2:15 and ~4:11 are present just like on the vinyl version. Same with the loud parts in Sunlight from 2:59-3:40ish.
I hear an other "glitch" on Rosetta at 2:36. To me it sounds like electrostatic noises somehow connected to that guitar sound.
The one on Sunlight is more like an ordinary "going through the roof" type of distortion.
In Mission Accomplie (Rosetta's Waltz) you'll find a pretty nasty one at 1:28 during the string's delayed part.
Perihelion 0:10 + several other "power punch" distortions.
On Elegy you have a constant background noise, like a humming distortion comming from the electric grid. Maybe poorly grounded?
Infinitude - lots and lots of background white noise plus minor electrostatic clicks here and there.
Return To The Void - some background white noise + electrostatic click at 2:15

So there we have it. But still I admire them to stay faithful with its originality and not trying to polish or "clean" the sound in order to hide smaller artifacts.
That would've sounded just as weird. There are some really, really nice tracks and sounds on Rosetta and I love the compositions.
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Post Posted Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:45 am
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Post Posted Thu Nov 17, 2016 1:08 am
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^ L’Apocalypse Des Animaux in that boxset has the last track as the first track, that alone is a huge screw up. Because of the flow of the album.
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Post Posted Thu Nov 17, 2016 4:08 pm
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It also lists The Friends of Mr. Cairo, so it's probably just a mistake ;)
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Post Posted Thu Nov 17, 2016 5:03 pm
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114... :nico: He's good just not that good imo. :robertdugenou:

If there was some vinyl there, maybe...just maybe.
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Post Posted Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:10 am
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Well for 13 CDs I find it a great deal! Maybe I'm just comparing to the ridiculous price of the Oxygene trilogy bozset...
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Post Posted Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:48 am
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I'm definitely interested in that box. I only have 1 album from that box (Antarctica) so this will be the best moment to get the others too.
Post Posted Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:54 pm
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Post Posted Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:28 pm
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It's actually better than the CD? Hadn't expected that, the CD is really good already!
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Post Posted Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:12 pm
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shadow wrote:It's actually better than the CD? Hadn't expected that, the CD is really good already!
Not quite sure how truthfully it will be taking the analogue signal from the tube amp into the line in phono plug to my PC. But right now it is what it is.
I don't have a usb turntable so can not do it any other way. It sounds damn good that's for sure. :P
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