Author Topic: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze  (Read 1951 times)

spenoza

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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2016, 04:32:24 PM »
Lord of Thunder has a nice raw edge, but the sound engineer over-compressed the music's dynamic range, IMO. There are some nice hard hits that get a bit too quiet in a desperate attempt to keep the volume completely steady.
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2016, 06:49:55 PM »
Lord of Thunder has a nice raw edge, but the sound engineer over-compressed the music's dynamic range, IMO. There are some nice hard hits that get a bit too quiet in a desperate attempt to keep the volume completely steady.

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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2016, 02:43:07 AM »
Lord of Thunder has a nice raw edge, but the sound engineer over-compressed the music's dynamic range, IMO. There are some nice hard hits that get a bit too quiet in a desperate attempt to keep the volume completely steady.

Going over the tracks now, and what you said is really starting to become clear.   :-k
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2016, 03:04:09 AM »
Wow this looks amazing.

It is a music-only mod.

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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2016, 03:06:25 AM »
Wow this looks amazing.

It is a music-only mod.

Good point....

Wow this sounds amazing!
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2016, 03:47:15 AM »
This stuff is cool and all, but linking to ROMs and ISOs is one of the few real no-nos here.  Either pare the links down to omit the data tracks (nobody seems to give a shit about downloading music) or remove the links altogether and let people googlerins fro comptints.
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2016, 02:37:14 PM »
This stuff is cool and all, but linking to ROMs and ISOs is one of the few real no-nos here.  Either pare the links down to omit the data tracks (nobody seems to give a shit about downloading music) or remove the links altogether and let people googlerins fro comptints.


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Good enough? Yes, I think so. Let's move on.



Lords of Thunder is all over the place! Some tracks are totally fine, but others aren't in very good shape... I had one that was 90% void of bass!  Not much I can do with that one without taking it into a music production app and applying filters and other shit...
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2016, 11:35:56 AM »
Fortunately, PCE music tracks are mastered pretty low, so I don't think you'll have to worry much about clipping.
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2016, 07:05:22 PM »
Fortunately, PCE music tracks are mastered pretty low, so I don't think you'll have to worry much about clipping.

Yep, but one must take care when boosting levels and EQing to not clip audio. Clipping sounds like ass.
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2016, 09:35:08 PM »
I just finished doing Lords of Thunder as well.  :D




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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #25 on: September 28, 2016, 07:51:53 PM »
Fortunately, PCE music tracks are mastered pretty low, so I don't think you'll have to worry much about clipping.


Yep, but one must take care when boosting levels and EQing to not clip audio. Clipping sounds like ass.


Can't wait to hear your work. I was the one amplifying the soundtracks after I saw SamIAm's post about it. :)

If you're interested, here is a clipper plugin for mastering. It's transparent and doesn't cause distortion. It can be used to increase loudness without using compression and of course you shouldn't lose any dynamic range. It's brand new and there's a free trial. I'm a guitar player and I found out about it because it's made by the same people who make the amp simulator I use. http://kazrog.com/products/kclip/

I vote for Sapphire, Dungeon Explorer II, and Spriggan.  :pray:
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2016, 07:00:34 AM »
Darn, I dunno where to download and store these things long-term...

Folder organization fatigue, overloaded, help... :/

Anyway, noted, I'll give it a listen some time. :)

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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2016, 09:18:57 PM »

Can't wait to hear your work. I was the one amplifying the soundtracks after I saw SamIAm's post about it. :)

If you're interested, here is a clipper plugin for mastering. It's transparent and doesn't cause distortion. It can be used to increase loudness without using compression and of course you shouldn't lose any dynamic range. It's brand new and there's a free trial. I'm a guitar player and I found out about it because it's made by the same people who make the amp simulator I use. http://kazrog.com/products/kclip/

I vote for Sapphire, Dungeon Explorer II, and Spriggan.  :pray:


Cool man, thanks for the link, I'll totally check out the VST.  8)
For whatever reason, whenever I try to use filters and VSTs I don't get the results I like and go back to my old style of EQing in different parts and so on.  ](*,)
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Dungeon Explorer II is really in need for some work, I must agree.   :dance:


Darn, I dunno where to download and store these things long-term...

Folder organization fatigue, overloaded, help... :/

Anyway, noted, I'll give it a listen some time. :)


The struggle is real isn't it?!  Lol... I don't plan on going anywhere, and will be hosting them on my site for as long as it is up. :) 

Like, download them, burn them to disc and play them when time permits?   :mrgreen:

Do you have the links to all 3 releases so far?  :-k

I also suffer from folder organization fatigue and overload...  ](*,)
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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #28 on: November 22, 2016, 03:03:09 AM »
Finally got around to doing a comparison video of Remastered vs. Original of Electrohaze's work on Download 2.

Check it!

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Re: Gate of Thunder - Remastered by Electrohaze
« Reply #29 on: November 22, 2016, 03:31:08 AM »
thanks for sharing the love. Can't wait to hear it.
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