a r t i s t : Mathias Grassow
t i t l e : Himalaya (Special Edition)
d a t e : 2012
l a b e l : Musical Philosophy
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : 2012-04-01
t r a c k s : 1
b i t r a t e : VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo
s i z e : 123.0MB
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Gorgeous harmonic drone-monument. Remastered by Tomas Weiss. He speaks:
½2012 Version - for this version we re-transfered the original DAT Tape to
a hard drive - this time in 32 Bit High Resolution. As a step before it
was recorded onto the drive, we ran the file through several analogue
instruments to improve the depth and stereo image of the file, because for
the old release the original DAT wasn┤t properly transfered and it was
quite narrow-sounding (left-right and front-back). We didn't apply any
compression/maximizing on it nor did we use any other digital effects
afterwards. The main focus was to profit from the warm sound of full
analogue equipment to improve the sound quality and to maintain a higher
audio resolution before the recording went on the CD, always with the aim
to preserve Mathias' original recording.
The difference is subtle but audible - you will find the new version
sounds much more "open/spacious" and has more "depth" û meaning that all
the sounds in the virtual room (speakers or headphones) are better focused
on the whole axis (left-right and front-back). In other words, you may
feel that the "2012 Version" is more three-dimensional, while the
"Original Version" seems more two-dimensional╗
Ripper's note: slight crips in sound are transferred from original CDR.
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1. Himalaya 73:55