Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" issue

Thanks for that 1986 MTV reference. I downloaded and extracted the audio. Other than being a lossy mono transfer, it's a perfect match for what's on the MixMash DVD I mentioned. So that DVD is actually a decent PCM source for the original video mix, although it is EQ'd a little weird; there's a significant dip around 1100 Hz.

mjb50 wrote: As for the video versions: The 2004 Play has a new stereo mix (in Dolby Digital 2.0), and a new surround mix (in Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS). The stereo version is quite different from any of the ones we are discussing. The surround mix, though, if downmixed to stereo, is nearly indistinguishable from the 2002 So version, minus two sections that were cut out to match the original video edit. (And ~10ms was cut out of a few other spots presumably to maintain sync.)

The DVD has three audio tracks.

Audio track 1 is what should be the original stereo soundtrack of the music videos, presented in Dolby Digital 2.0.

Audio tracks 2 and 3 are Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. They feature the same material in each format. It consists of remixes specifically commissioned for this project, mostly reworked by Daniel Lanois. They sound quite different from their original versions.

Even if you downmix either of the 5.1 tracks to stereo, you still get the newly remixes he did for this project, just downmixed to two channels.

The Daniel Lanois "Sledgehammer" remix for this DVD is easily distinguishable from any other version.


Edited by elcoleccionista - 3 hours 55 minutes ago at 9:58pm