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Well that one chops up bits of the score to Where No Man for some of the phaser firing scenes. Force Field gets rended pretty badly.
Yeah, I just ran across that. There's also a TERRIBLE edit of Hideous Balok for when the Romulan ship cloaks.
We had talked about starting new threads for these projects. Do people feel this is still a good idea?
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I'm game. We start threads for a lot less worthy things. 
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Dec 20, 2012 - 3:26 AM
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Heath
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I'd been listening to my old GNP CDs prior to getting this set and had gotten accustomed to the fake stereo sound. I've found it hard to listen to the original mono recordings, despite their pristine sound quality. I'll probably be pilloried for saying this, but I've spent time using Audacity to convert a couple of discs of the set into fake stereo and I greatly prefer this sound. Anyone else done this?
I confess!
I've put a couple of tracks through a stereo enhancement template I created in Cubase. It's a unique chain of effects including separate left/right EQing and various spatial widening plugins. The results are pretty spectacular, even though I do say so myself. It's like night and day. Previously subdued instrumental frequencies are suddenly revealed, and the whole thing becomes much more present and 3 dimensional. It's like some pillows have been removed from the front of the speakers. I'm using quite different techniques to the old GNP CD methods which were fine in their day, but technology has taken a quantum leap since then.
Now, I could only do this thanks to the superb mastering done by La La of the original material. Those are PERFECT and totally authentic mono recordings. As good as you can get.
Such enhancements are not to everyone's tastes. Indeed, I'm delighted with the original sound, and would otherwise settle for that. But, if the technology exists, and my ears are pleased.... then why not? And, after all, it's just for me.
Will I be converting the whole 17 hours? Nope! Edited highlights only, life being as short as it is. 
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Okay...I, for the life of me cannot find the music heard in Mudd's Women when the ladies are walking down the halls and all of the crewmen are staring at their beauty? Am I going crazy or is this cue missing?!
Haven't seen the ep in years, but maybe try track 30, disc 1.
It's on Disc 2, it was composed for the trailer to that episode, at the end of The Naked Time. It's an Alexander Courage production. "Trailer (Mudd's Women)"
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I'd been listening to my old GNP CDs prior to getting this set and had gotten accustomed to the fake stereo sound. I've found it hard to listen to the original mono recordings, despite their pristine sound quality. I'll probably be pilloried for saying this, but I've spent time using Audacity to convert a couple of discs of the set into fake stereo and I greatly prefer this sound. Anyone else done this?
I confess!
I've put a couple of tracks through a stereo enhancement template I created in Cubase. It's a unique chain of effects including separate left/right EQing and various spatial widening plugins. The results are pretty spectacular, even though I do say so myself. It's like night and day. Previously subdued instrumental frequencies are suddenly revealed, and the whole thing becomes much more present and 3 dimensional. It's like some pillows have been removed from the front of the speakers. I'm using quite different techniques to the old GNP CD methods which were fine in their day, but technology has taken a quantum leap since then.
Now, I could only do this thanks to the superb mastering done by La La of the original material. Those are PERFECT and totally authentic mono recordings. As good as you can get.
Such enhancements are not to everyone's tastes. Indeed, I'm delighted with the original sound, and would otherwise settle for that. But, if the technology exists, and my ears are pleased.... then why not? And, after all, it's just for me.
Will I be converting the whole 17 hours? Nope! Edited highlights only, life being as short as it is.
How about posting an A/B example of your stereo-izing work, Heath?
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Okay...I, for the life of me cannot find the music heard in Mudd's Women when the ladies are walking down the halls and all of the crewmen are staring at their beauty? Am I going crazy or is this cue missing?!
You're going crazy. That scene is tracked with the trailer music for the episode from "The Naked Time". It's by Alexander Courage.
Neil
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How about posting an A/B example of your stereo-izing work, Heath?
I'd love to... but it would mean jail-time. 
well don't even post the whole cue....just a section to hear what you've done.
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And isn't that same Mudd's Women trailer music heard in A Piece of the Action? Is that another prior-season reuse without rerecording?
I believe you're correct. Is this set going to lead to lawsuits over union rules from 40 years ago?
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There was a lot of flouting of the union rules, apparently. Some third season episodes had original recorded cues from the first season. Perhaps this was not an issue since the required amount of library cues and original scores was reached. Or maybe nobody was looking and they just got lucky. But either way, "Wolf in the Fold" used the original "Vina's Dance," "A Piece of the Action" used the trailer music and "Lights of Zetar" pilfered music from WNMHGB.
Just to reinforce what Neil, Lukas and others have assured us - nothing is missing. They had the paperwork to back it up. So if you can’t find a piece of music, you're missing it and it's probably not where you think it is. The library cues are a treasure trove. I've relished in the shortest two second stingers that would never be on any other set (aside from the Network ITC series boxes which were amazingly complete). This box is comprehensive and seriously closes the book on Original Star Trek music.
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