can't see the SACD waveform pic, sj
Fixed! I noticed I had one track posted twice in the SACD waveform.
Boulez Conducts Bartok- "Concerto For Orchestra" (MQ/MAQ 32132): Q8 Vs. Sony SACD
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Fixed! I noticed I had one track posted twice in the SACD waveform.
I've just recorded in the Four Toccatas Q8 - here's what came off the tape vs. what's on the Sony SACD:
Q8:
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SACD:
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Two things that strike me as odd - the front channels appear to be reversed, and the Q8 appears to be missing the second-to-last track
Otherwise - unlike Sony's Bartok disc - this appears to be fairly representative of the original quad mix. Maybe the rear channels are a bit too low? And of course the faked center/sub are redundant.
very interesting, thank you for taking the time and trouble.
yes, the SACD Fronts do look swapped and the SACD Rears look too low too.
i guess ubertrout would know about that missing (added?) track.
looking at the C & LFE it does seem they'd be redundant, no biggy but apart from the Front to Back balance being out of whack on the SACD, it also looks like the Rears have been adjusted on the SACD because they appear closer in level to one another than the Rears on the Q8.
closer to the 4-ch discrete source than the other Masterworks Sony SACDs of Quad releases but still why Sony couldn't just release the Quad unmolested on the SACD i don't know..
There's nothing I can find anywhere about a missing/added track. It's just four pieces, and they should be on both editions.very interesting, thank you for taking the time and trouble.
yes, the SACD Fronts do look swapped and the SACD Rears look too low too.
i guess ubertrout would know about that missing (added?) track.
looking at the C & LFE it does seem they'd be redundant, no biggy but apart from the Front to Back balance being out of whack on the SACD, it also looks like the Rears have been adjusted on the SACD because they appear closer in level to one another than the Rears on the Q8.
closer to the 4-ch discrete source than the other Masterworks Sony SACDs of Quad releases but still why Sony couldn't just release the Quad unmolested on the SACD i don't know..
I need to double-check and make sure I didn't record the tape with the fronts wired backwards
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I need to double-check and make sure I didn't record the tape with the fronts wired backwards
easily done!
exhibit A:
either the SACD's got a bonus bit where E. Power of Tower Of Babel let rip with a gale force parp before bursting into the final passage.. or the Q8's missing something!
I need to double-check and make sure I didn't record the tape with the fronts wired backwards
easily done!
...and I did record it with the fronts flipped
. So no channel swapping on the SACD version required.As for the 'missing' track, I think I found the answer on the back of the tape:
It definitely doesn't look like there was room for much more tape in there:
So I guess we can (sort of) thank Sony for giving us the unedited discrete master for the first time...
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...and I did record it with the fronts flipped
As for the 'missing' track, I think I found the answer on the back of the tape:
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It definitely doesn't look like there was room for much tape in there:
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So I guess we can (sort of) thank Sony for giving us the unedited discrete master for the first time...
by Jove, that's a full tape!!!
just to briefly go off on a tangent.. it makes me wonder if some of those CBS Quads that didn't get the Q8 treatment were SQ-only because they were just a smidge too long and victims of such "mechanical limitations"? not double album (Bitches Brew or Don Ellis' Tears Of Joy) too long, just the wrong side of 47 minutes maybe...?
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So I guess the question is; if the fronts are reversed which version sounds correct, might have cross channel influences?I've just recorded in the Four Toccatas Q8 - here's what came off the tape vs. what's on the Sony SACD:
Q8:
View attachment 42404
SACD:
View attachment 42406
Two things that strike me as odd - the front channels appear to be reversed, and the Q8 appears to be missing the second-to-last track
Otherwise - unlike Sony's Bartok disc - this appears to be fairly representative of the original quad mix. Maybe the rear channels are a bit too low? And of course the faked center/sub are redundant.
Nevermind
sj recorded in the Q8 with the Fronts reversed, the cheeky wee scamp was just testing us to see if we were awake/alive!
I thought the answer to this whole thread was - Gasp!!! - D-VNevermind the 8-tracks, here's the sexy SQ Surround Masterrrrr....!!!
I thought the answer to this whole thread was - Gasp!!! - D-V
its a relief they release their wares on SACD and not DVD, can you imagine the tongue-twisting forum pandemonium!
"listening to now, the latest D-V DVD-A/V..."
So I guess this thread is no longer for discussion of
Boulez Conducts Bartok- "Concerto For Orchestra" (MQ/MAQ 32132): Q8 Vs. Sony SACD
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Boulez Conducts Bartok- "Concerto For Orchestra" (MQ/MAQ 32132): Q8 Vs. Sony SACD
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It became a more general discussion of Sony's mixing practices for their single-layer SACDs compared to the quad mixes a while ago - the Bartok was just the most egregious case.
Pretty cool - an ad in the NY Philharmonic's program for this in quad: https://archives.nyphil.org/index.p...1d7-a6711cd86a7f-0.1/fullview#page/2/mode/2up
Also, if D-V wants to go back to the Bartok/Boulez/NYP well, they could reissue this, coupled with the Dance Suite originally accompanying Miraculous Mandarin: https://www.discogs.com/Pierre-Boulez-Bartók-New-York-Philharmonic-The-Wooden-Prince-Op-13/release/3383009. Boulez and the Philharmonic also did Bluebeard's Castle thereafter, released in 1976 but only in stereo - I wonder if it was mixed in quad but never released?
There were a handful of Columbia Masterworks quad releases where the Q8 version was truncated - it seems like the physical upper limit of Q8 tape (as you can see in @sjcorne 's photo above) was somewhere between 49 and 50 minutes (which would've been about 100 minutes in stereo) so they edited the tape down rather than put it on two 30 minute tapes which I guess wouldn't have been cost effective given the lower sales of classical Q8's.
Aside from the E. Power Biggs mentioned above, the other ones I've found that are shortened are:
Michael Tilson-Thomas/Cleveland Orchestra 'Carmina Burana' (QAX 33172)
Leonard Bernstein 'Candide - Original Cast Recording' (QSA 32923)
Pierre Boulez/NY Philharmonic 'Boulez Conducts Wagner' (MAQ 32296)
Pierre Boulez/NY Philharmonic 'Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin' (MAQ 31368) [omits the 'Dance Suite' entirely]
Daniel Barenboim/London Philharmonic 'Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches / Crown of India Suite' (MAQ 32936) [omits 'Imperial March Op. 32' entirely]
Daniel Barenboim/London Philharmonic 'Elgar: Falstaff (MAQ 32599) [omits 'Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40' entirely]
This isn't an exhaustive list, but I think it's the majority of them.
Aside from the E. Power Biggs mentioned above, the other ones I've found that are shortened are:
Michael Tilson-Thomas/Cleveland Orchestra 'Carmina Burana' (QAX 33172)
Leonard Bernstein 'Candide - Original Cast Recording' (QSA 32923)
Pierre Boulez/NY Philharmonic 'Boulez Conducts Wagner' (MAQ 32296)
Pierre Boulez/NY Philharmonic 'Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin' (MAQ 31368) [omits the 'Dance Suite' entirely]
Daniel Barenboim/London Philharmonic 'Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches / Crown of India Suite' (MAQ 32936) [omits 'Imperial March Op. 32' entirely]
Daniel Barenboim/London Philharmonic 'Elgar: Falstaff (MAQ 32599) [omits 'Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40' entirely]
This isn't an exhaustive list, but I think it's the majority of them.
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