The 'three' 5.1 mixes of King Crimson's RED

[ssully]

Here is the title track 'Red' from

1) the 2009 DVD-A 5.1 mix
2) the 2013 Road To Red 5.1 mix
3) the 2024 BluRay DTS-MA 5.1

2009 DVD-A

2013 Road2Red

2024 BluRay

 

[Fourplay]

Have you tried phase inverting and summing mix 1 & 2? And how bout that track 3 on mix 3? Change in approach much?

 

[stoopid]

What I assume is the center track on the bluray is not used much. I think there's a moog playing in the center for most of the song on the 2009 5.1 mix I have.

 

[ssully]

The LFE in #1 and #2 are different. The first mix LFE has no spectral content above ~200 Hz; this looks like a mix with Dolby/DTS LFE bandwidth.
Mix 2 LFE has content up to ~500 Hz.

As far as the other channels of Mix 1 and 2 go, I haven't bothered, as they cursorily look and sound similar

Mix 3 is obviously a total rethink. And the LFE is full bandwidth, a silly thing SW has been doing, though great for learning the bass part.

 

[ssully]

What I assume is the center track on the bluray is not used much. I think there's a moog playing in the center for most of the song on the 2009 5.1 mix I have.

There's no moog on that track (or album). There's a cello or perhaps a double bass in the middle of 'Red'.