California Sun - Rivieras Stereo ?
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Topic: California Sun - Rivieras Stereo ?
Posted By: BudB
Subject: California Sun - Rivieras Stereo ?
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 2:55pm
| Local station is playing in stereo. Does anyone know where to find this on CD? The station has lost its source. |
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 4:52pm
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Would you by chance be the world famous Bud Buschardt?
As a former radio deejay, I've admired your work for many years...if it's you. :) My copy is mono, but now I'll start searching for STEREO! ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 4:54pm
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Hello Bud,
The stereo version of that hasn't actually appeared on a commercial CD anywhere. It is a synch-up type of mix that has been passed around a lot on cdr's. Some also call these "DES" (Digitally extracted stereo). -Mark M |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 5:02pm
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Mark:
I just came across a copy online of what sounds exactly like DES. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 30 March 2008 at 5:33pm
However, a sync up to create a stereo effect isn't a DES if nothing has been extracted from the mix and added to the opposite channel...but, it is a great stereoized attempt at the song, and probably as close to the real thing as anyone will ever hear. ------------- Live in stereo. |
MMathews wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 11:55pm
| How does someone create a DES if all they have to work with is a mono track? |
Posted By: jimct
Date Posted: 01 April 2008 at 9:45am
| For as long as I've been communicating with AaronK at his "Texas World Headquarters", Aaron has often sung the praises of his friend/longtime radio vet/owner of a extensive music collection, "Bud". I now know that this topic was "that" Bud's first post to Pat's Board. I'd like to officially welcome Bud to our "family", and sincerely thank him for all of the "behind-the-scenes" assistance that he's provided to our stalwart Board expert, AaronK, over the past many months, while Aaron investigated/solved so many "version issues" for all of us. Thanks for all the help to Aaron, Bud, and it's truly a pleasure that you've decided to officially join our ranks! I'm anxiously looking forward to both reading/benefitting from your vast pool of music knowledge, and all that you obviously bring to the table, Bud. Welcome! |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 7:33am
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Hi all,
I'll also send up a wave of welcome to Bud! For Tom: (Hi Tom! Tom and I go way back to the BSN Stereo chat board ...) Yes, there are some distinctions between synch-ups, and what you or I might call "DES" but over the years i found that trying to split hairs about the differences didn't work well, so i gave up. For Aaron: Well, each track can be a different story. Since I created the "California Sun" mix i'll explain that one. (yes, i left out that the first cdr of that originated with me ;-) It's a simple repeating arrangement, the music they play for the instrumental intro repeats thru-out the song. So I took segments from the intro and the middle break, and edited them all together to make an "instrumental" of the entire song. Then in the analog domain, I played both sort of "DJ style" using 2 cd players with pitch wheels (dj version of 2 turntables) to synch them together. This took many tries because I assure you the drummer's tempo in that is quite "freestyle". Then back in the digital domain i edited together all the sections that came out in best synch. The stereo reverb was added by the board i was using when synching them. The result sounds much like a stereo synch-up of the vocal version with an instrumental version, a method done many times back in the analog era when there was no multi-track, but someone located an undubbed instrumental track for a song. I did not invent the idea, but it inspired me to try it on a lot of stuff. It's merely a cool way to hear what it might have sounded like in stereo. This particular one i made in 1998. (wow, where did 10 years go!). Now, the term "DES" got coined when this and other mixes started surfacing in the computer sound editor age. Digital extraction implies some kind of digital filter was used to "extract" a vocal or other elements from a mix to create an illusion of stereo. This method has met much criticism because it often leaves behind artifacts that make the music sound strange. Synch-ups tend to sound more believable because usually that only adds an "echo" or a delay of some type - which was common anyway in 1960's stereo mixes. But, I've rambled on enough..i hope some of that explanation was helpful! -Mark M |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 05 April 2008 at 8:20am
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Thanks very much for that explanation, Mark... It's great to have your expertise here as the pioneer of the "California Sun" stereo sync-up!
Now, would some generous soul tell me how I might be able to obtain the sync-up as a wave file? |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 06 April 2008 at 7:10am
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Hi Todd,
No problem at all. Send me an email and i'll get it to you through one of the upload services. -MM |