in need of front/back scans of download cards that were inserted into all the DE Editions, NTAE and Add Violence. looking to update nincatalog.com with all the new releases. you can block out the code if you haven't used it.
in need of front/back scans of download cards that were inserted into all the DE Editions, NTAE and Add Violence. looking to update nincatalog.com with all the new releases. you can block out the code if you haven't used it.
Do the remastered vinyls come with download cards and if so are they the remastered versions found on the vinyl themselves?
If you still need the download cards, I can get photos of mine tonight.
Hello.
Does anyone remember a "Head Like A Hole" version that is primarily drums and bass? It sounds similar to the original pigface version of Suck (and I had it on a Texas Pete bootleg contained both).
If anyone can help, it's driving me nuts
is there anywhere to get the full digital lossless version of the Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D vinyl?
My AATCHB DVD says 4:3 aspect ratio on the back but it plays back 16:9. Is it stretching or is 4:3 a printing mistake?
Thanks. I must have set up my tv to force 16:9. Something to watch out for!
I just read that Jimmy Iovine is going to be leaving Apple in August. Anyone know if Trent is still working for them? I remember the Songexploder thing came out on Spotify first which made me wonder if he was still there
I tracked down copies of NTAE and AV on CD for my collection at local music stores back when they were released, but never opened them. I originally had purchased the WAVs when I bought the physical elements, so I got used to the way those sounded.
Anyways, I recently got 2nd copies of each from Amazon so I could check out the booklets, i have ripped the CDs, and they sound way different than the WAVs im used to listening to.
Were the eps remixed or mastered differently for the CD releases? Or is it the format or even my hardware possibly?
So who did the remix for Beginning of the End for the new Blade Runner tv show?
https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/11/...ource=Facebook
Probably your hardware. The mastering is identical, the WAV files are just a different sample rate than the CD audio.
EDIT: Oh, except that the CD cuts off the end of "The Background World" a fraction of a second earlier.
Also, the finale of "She's Gone Away" gets a little bit louder right at the very end of the CD version, compared to the download. This additional crescendo also happens on the vinyl, as well as the Twin Peaks soundtrack CD version — where it gets even louder — but that version also features slightly different mastering of the entire track. Gotta catch 'em all!
Last edited by botley; 01-12-2018 at 05:00 PM.
Nonima
The Beginning Of The End (Nonimx) [Bandcamp link]
Yes, this is (at least derived from) official promo artwork — the topmost blob seems to be an incredibly blurry still from the music video — and the image was first used online circa 2001 somewhere on the pre-AATCHB NIN.com! This site was sporadically updated for a long time, as there really was nothing new to talk about for well over a year while TR was staying under the radar. It also came along with a whole set of mini-documentaries, containing clips of behind-the-scenes footage from the "Deep" parking garage video shoot, too, and the director's treatment (embedded, if I recall correctly, in a Flash applet Rob Sheridan put together as a mini-site).
Nobody saved any of those other pieces, I don't think; I've never seen them listed in the major archive projects... no idea why this one started popping up via scrobbling, could be user-submitted from someone who did save a screenshot, maybe. Or perhaps, I dunno, NIN is preparing to officially re-issue it in the Definitive series somewhere? A bonus on the re-release of Still, maybe (although that seems a bit incongruous, it's at least era-appropriate).
Last edited by botley; 01-17-2018 at 08:04 PM.
I have it in the nin.com section of http://nindestruct.com. The only way I've gotten it to be completely functional is opening in Internet Explorer though.. The other browsers just try to download it.
Also in the misc. section I have a Deep Flash promo video. That might be of interest.
Thanks! Not running IE anymore but I'll try and check it out with Edge.
Oh jeez, as if there were a way it could somehow look even worse on HD displays! Even an HD format up-resolution conversion from the master video file probably would look better than the DVD does; the MPEG encoding on that puppy has visible blocking compression freakouts just from trying to handle those strobe effects. Possibly something to look into if they ever reissue it on streaming services or Blu-ray (though that's probably unlikely).
Last edited by botley; 01-17-2018 at 08:11 PM.
Randomly looking at this thread reminds me I need to buy Add Violence and Not The Actual Events vinyl copies off the store.
I didn't need the slipmat, so I just bought them in a record store. And yes, they do sound great!
Simplest, shortest answer: improved video compression technology.
They filmed, edited, and even authored the And All That Could Have Been DVDs entirely by themselves on 2000-2001 'prosumer' level gear. Beside You in Time was an all-professional HD production workflow, including a dedicated encoding engineer, after several generations of improvements to the tools of that trade.
Last edited by botley; 01-19-2018 at 04:59 PM.
I analyzed it a bit here:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...644#post370644
But, @botley 's probably right about the encoder. They were probably maxing out the bitrate because they were trying to get the best visual quality out of the encoder because of all the strobing. But they were probably using the built-in encoder in DVD Studio Pro, which isn't the greatest.