TONIGHT--THE RASPBERRIES (NEW ENHANCED VERSION) HD AUDIO 

Truer words never spoken.

A thousand times better.

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I'd like to redo this one a lot better. The original has so much compression it borders on ridiculous and lacks in other areas of dynamics and stereo imaging. I will take another crack at it someday to get it right. Kenn

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Yeah the whole Side 3 album is like that unforunetly . I'm not sure what Jimmy Ienner was thinking when he produced the original .

I know it may sound like I have access to the original audio tapes but I don't. I use a Yamaha 1602 (16) track mixing console given to me by a friend. I bought a Sterling Pro Studio Microphone. The process goes something like this.(1)I start out with a clean digital audio file from a CD and do a RESTORATION from that MAGIX AUDIO CLEANING LAB (adjusting the 3 band compression/ dynamics, EQ & brightness settings. (2). Then I move that file over the MAGIX AUDIO STUDIO 7 (multitrack program) on my HP computer and place it as track 1 or the MAINFRAME TRACK. The microphone is plugged into the sound mixer and fed into the back of the computer by aux in audio channel so it can be picked up by the multitrack program. (3) Then comes the critical task of deciding what instruments, percussion, vocals and keyboard might be needed to enhance the original. This is most critical job of all. There is no manual on doing this. You either know what you are doing or you do not. The TECHNIQUES change from song to song/artist to artist which is a real challenge. It helps first if you are a musician of some sort and have a working knowledge of the genre of music you are working on I do best with the songs of the era I grew up with 60's 70's era. So to answer your question directly--the addition of any instrument, percussion or vocals you hear that were not in the original were added by me by strategically placing audio tracks on top of the original on both channels and mixing them down to make a better stereo version. Every song must be approached differently with a different set of rules. Enhancements are best recognized and appreciated on songs that were only recorded in mono or poorly recorded in stereo. It is paramount that you understand the MINDSET of the artist so as not to destroy the original. Not everyone agrees on this. Some people don't want anyone messing with the originals and others love it when I do it .More like it than don't. Hope this helps. Kenn

Jims drumming never got the treatment it needed on their albums . By that time recordings were so much better than what was put on vinyl by Ienner . He could have done a lot better bringing out the voices , drums and basslines .