BHQS9 and BHQS10

bosshoss said:
I tried the Lords on Vance tonight. I did not do a thorough job with the click/noise removal. All I did was paint out some of the worst clicks. Even that took way too much time...I'm not sure if the end result is even one percent better than the original transfer I supplied for you, Joey.
The problem is, the disc is buffed and whatever subtleties of resolution which may have been present in the original pressing, have been polished away.
I must have spent a lot of time on the original transfer, because it has way more noise removed than what I did tonight. I'm leaving the rest up to you Joey, if you think the basic 9.2 sound has any potential. I think it's a little better overall, but not much.

The record is not warped or cracked, after all.
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The copy I sold Wickham 5 years ago was like new but sounded terrible. The band hated the sound so much that they threw them over the river and played target practice with them, thus the rarity. Killer rekkid though;) If only I could get my hand on the master.
 
All files posted so far sound fantastic - thanks!
That Lords song sounds extremely rough, but The Swyne said it: What a killer!! Any chance of a label scan?
If you still take requests, mine is Beethoven 4 - Don't Call On Me.
 
I removed the Lords test file link. Maybe it's gonna be released legit some day, so please keep that particular download in the Secret Society only, for now. Thanks!
 
I finished transferring 35 tracks for the test CD this evening, including many of the requested ones. I wasn't going to de-click them, but because they turned out so well and I'm very pleased with the result, I decided that I should do a decent job, especially now that I'm using Izotope for some parts of the process so de-clicking is a whole lot easier.

If you check back in 24 hours, hopefully the CD will be ready for download. Be sure to blast it loud.
 
I'll be posting a download link for the soundfiles in about one hour. The label scans will be ready tomorrow or the next day.
Just played it full volume in the car and it blew my head off. BHQS9.2 + Izotope RX2 spells "the end" for bad 60s garage sound transfers.
Mastertape guys are gonna have to lift their game :D
 
Yes!!
I wish I didn't have to go do voluntary communal work in my kid's kindergarten this afternoon!
Wait... "voluntary"?...
 
Here is BHQS9.2 CD1

There are 38 tracks, but only 32 can fit on a CD, so the last 6 are bonus tracks. You could keep them and combine them with more bonus tracks from the next volume of BHQS9.2

Here's the link

http://www.finerecordingstudio.com/secsoc

username = secsoc
password = secsoc66

The files are in FLAC format, and if you're unfamiliar with that format, please read the topic at the top of the Secret Society forum listing. It's very easy to convert them into full quality .WAV files, load them into iTunes and burn a 32 track CD.

Please play it very loud, just to please me.
 
In the midst of downloading, and playing the tracks on my PC. Gotta say that even with my generic speaker set up here in my workroom, the sound is far and above anything I've heard. No EQ necessary! Can't wait to convert and burn to disc so I can blast them all on my hi-fi and in the car!
I can only dream of how good the old Boss Hoss double CD set of "Unwaxed" would sound now, via BHQS9.2 and the Izotope program...or, could it be a late day Birthday present?
 
I was about to go to bed, but I think I'll stay up and download these files. Exciting stuff, like the good old days of forum comps. Thanks Mark.
 
Mark, how did you find the Izotope programme? Was it uncomplicated and user friendly?

It doesn't seem to have taken you long to suss it out..
 
EXPO67 said:
Mark, how did you find the Izotope programme? Was it uncomplicated and user friendly?

It doesn't seem to have taken you long to suss it out..
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It's quite easy to use, Colin. In particular, the de-click process is very, very easy and very effective. I still removed the large clicks by hand, but left all the tiny ones for Izotope to flawlessly handle. That saves 90 percent of the time to clean up a track.
The main difference between Izotope and other programs I have used, is the very flexible selection process that is available in Izotope. You can select a section of a track, and within that section, select only certain frequencies. Then you can apply the various noise reduction techniques to just the selected part of the sound. That's a real advance from what I've been using before. Also, the resynthesis capabilities of the various modules are very advanced compared to other programs I've used. In other words, Izotope can replace a "click" with a waveform segment synthesized from the surrounding audio. By contrast, Waves software used a crude straight line to replace the deleted click. That's why I never used it.
 
Thanks for that Mark. I've watched the promo videos on their site and the process looks and sounds easy to understand even for me. There are also many more Izotope promo videos on YouTube for those thinking about purchasing the product.
 
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