The Beatles - Mono vs Stereo

[evanft]

Originally Posted by donunus

what do you mean by this?

They're the same stereo mixes that have been available for years.

[donunus]

oh ok, so youre saying they wont change the blending of the instruments(mixing) in the remastering process but just clean up the sound

[donunus]

Originally Posted by tintin47

Big question. Are the stereo remasters going to use crossfade to eliminate the hard stereo from the 1987 masters or are they going to preserve the hard stereo?

That was what I meant with my question above but not just as simple as a basic crossfeed circuit. I was thinking more like a total butchering of the original mix where some instruments are put mid-left some mid-right, some eqd to sound like its at the rear, etc... hehehe Purists wont like ity but if the experts know what they are doing, we could get a modern sounding beatles box set Of course many audiophile ears plus Ringo and Paul will also have to like it before they put it out :d

[evanft]

Originally Posted by donunus

oh ok, so youre saying they wont change the blending of the instruments(mixing) in the remastering process but just clean up the sound

Exactly. The stereo versions of Rubber Soul and Help will have the 1987 remixes that were done for the original CDs and the mono discs will have the original stereo mixes in addition to the mono mixes.

[donunus]

so the stereo box set will have old stereo mixes except for the 87 Rubber Soul and Help while the mono box will have all mono plus ALL the old stereo? wow, so that mono box set will be so much more expensive with all the discs in it

[DoYouRight]

I would like to know that too, according to amazon it just has mono + stereo of the 2 albums.

[DoYouRight]

do they charge on amazon when you preorder? or not until they are released?

[DoYouRight]

well I just preordered the mono set