Remastering The Third Set of Diagrams
Yes you have guessed right. As unprofessional as it seems I have decided to remaster all the songs from 3 Smargaid Maerd. “What?!?” I hear you say… Well, since the release of the project I have had a good opportunity to emotionally distance myself the work and see it sonically for what it really is. I haven’t been that happy with how muddy the mixes sound. This is a common error to come across when you’re mixing your own creative material, due being ‘too close’ and precious to the music. Had this been anyone else’s music I would have done a wonderful tight and clear professional production on the mix and master. Now with the benefit of hindsight, and slightly better computer equipment to work on, it’s simply mad that I don’t correct these mixes. This makes even more sense due to the fact that I’m not popular in any significant degree: having the right mixes out there from here on will be for the best. And hey, well established artists remaster all the time (just not a few months after their album is released, but nevermind that).
This work has progressed very quickly indeed. I’ve also processed all of the mixes up to 96khz sampling, except for two of the songs. A free mastering goes to anyone who can pick those two trouble makers after the release! Yes, some projects just can’t be upsampled, but I’m in no mood to write a technical essay as to why this is the case. Things are starting to sound fantastic. If all goes well I shall have this out in the next few weeks. For the very few of you who bought the FLAC version of the album, I will send you an email providing a link to the updated version which shall be yours completely free of charge.
In between future projects I’ll be taking breaks by remastering other older items that have been released here, so that good mixes honour the ideas I had at the time without being clouded with mud or noise. Much to look forward to.
