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ekwatts wrote: If they stick to just the game soundtracks, that'll be GW actually releasing GOOD music for once...
I jest, I've met Bolt Thrower a few times and they're top blokes.
That new cover art for Realm of Chaos is excellent. You could easily imagine that being a rejected GW concept at some point (which I imagine is the whole point).
Also Re: The Necromunda trailer music, I stumbled into a treasure trove of "free" use music a few years back on Youtube and Soundcloud. It's basically music produced for others to use as long as credit is given with no hard licensing fees or anything. And I have to admit that as a somewhat serious musician (ie: I'm serious about it, not that I actually do it as a career or make money out of it (perish the thought!)) it's a weirdly fascinating little rabbit hole.
I'd love to see their older albums remastered to the quality of Those Once Loyal.
So I'll never understand the appeal of records but I'll say the DoW3 soundtrack was pretty damn good even if the game took a lot of flak.
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ekwatts wrote: If they stick to just the game soundtracks, that'll be GW actually releasing GOOD music for once...
I jest, I've met Bolt Thrower a few times and they're top blokes.
That new cover art for Realm of Chaos is excellent. You could easily imagine that being a rejected GW concept at some point (which I imagine is the whole point).
Also Re: The Necromunda trailer music, I stumbled into a treasure trove of "free" use music a few years back on Youtube and Soundcloud. It's basically music produced for others to use as long as credit is given with no hard licensing fees or anything. And I have to admit that as a somewhat serious musician (ie: I'm serious about it, not that I actually do it as a career or make money out of it (perish the thought!)) it's a weirdly fascinating little rabbit hole.
I'd love to see their older albums remastered to the quality of Those Once Loyal.
So I'll never understand the appeal of records but I'll say the DoW3 soundtrack was pretty damn good even if the game took a lot of flak.
Just gonna say it: Records sound better.
This is, of course, dependent on a huge number of things. Vinyl can give an experience that is far and away better than almost any other recording medium.
I think a pretty good comparison can be drawn with miniature sculpting: On the analog side you have vinyl records and hand-sculpting in green stuff. On the digital side you have CDs, Mp3s and web streaming and 3D digital sculpting.
To hold one up as being objectively better than another is a case of apples and oranges. Hand-sculpted greens might lack the technical accuracy and finesse of modern 3D sculpts, but they have what many call "character". Similarly, vinyl records might not have the pristine clean sound of a digital recording, but what it has in spades (generally) is "warmth".
But this is kind of nonsensical. To really appreciate a vinyl record you really need a good sound system, a good turntable and a good set of speakers. Even then, you're limited by the recording techniques used at the time, the degradation of old masters from as far back as the 1970s, 60s and 50s, and so on. But if you have an objectively great sound system, then your CDs and Mp3s are going to sound pretty damn nice too (as long as they were recorded well).
All that said, sticking a good vinyl record on through all that expensive audio equipment really IS a brilliantly rewarding experience....
As it happens, I no longer have all that expensive analog audio gear. I spend all my money on plastic Games Workshop miniatures and analog/valve guitar pedals and amplifiers. I direct my snobbery elsewhere.
it all depends on the Mastering of the music. If it was recorded in Analogue and transfered to vinyl then you might hear the difference...Analogue is what vinyl takes advantage of.
However if its simply a digital transfer to Vinyl...your not going to hear a notable difference.
Yeah. I think the most obvious difference I've ever noticed is the difference between digital and analog audio recordings with a theater sound system: there's a radically different quality, that's immediately noticeable if you're familiar with the digital one.
The digital version (in both theatrical and musical contexts) certainly has advantages, but the old equipment is definitely different and often better. It's a rounder sound that I prefer; while difficult to quantify, it's not just nostalgic preference. But, yes, it takes a good audio system to tell the difference, most of the time. Otherwise, it is mostly just a nostalgic preference for the crackle and texture.
spiralingcadaver wrote: Yeah. I think the most obvious difference I've ever noticed is the difference between digital and analog audio recordings with a theater sound system: there's a radically different quality, that's immediately noticeable if you're familiar with the digital one.
The digital version (in both theatrical and musical contexts) certainly has advantages, but the old equipment is definitely different and often better. It's a rounder sound that I prefer; while difficult to quantify, it's not just nostalgic preference. But, yes, it takes a good audio system to tell the difference, most of the time. Otherwise, it is mostly just a nostalgic preference for the crackle and texture.
This.... my guess is that my 2 channel Analog would sound best , but thats because its the better system in my house. However i would imagine that if these are strictly Digital recordings a good Digital system would sound better.
i prefer analog because of the warmer sound it produces. My system is setup to take advantage of that. Outside of that i think its a nostalgic choice.
Otherwise, it is mostly just a nostalgic preference for the crackle and texture.
This part I would understand. Does anyone from the 90's miss having to cradle their Discman a certain way to avoid skipping?
There's a difference between errors that interfere with playback and texture that comes with using something. The best analogy I can think of is with a well-used book, like a rulebook or cookbook, where there is a certain attachment to it simply due to the evidence of its use: its stains, creases, etc. identify it as yours and part of your history and records can similarly evoke that nostalgia (personal, or about it having its own history from those who interacted with it before).
And I think that's a matter of preference, and what most people assume when they know of but haven't experience the culture around records etc.
It's the other part--the different nature of the recording--that I find worthwhile and not a nostalgic idiosyncrasy.
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Huh, I remember those and even somehow managed to get one of those tracks through Napster or the like, aeons ago. It was a Dark Eldar theme, but mostly had some guy breathing the word "Warhammer" over and over into the microphone.
AegisGrimm wrote: They need the soundtrack from Epic: Final Liberation. When I think of awesome 40k music, it brings me back to my youth. Just the main theme screams 40k.
Ehhh, if you want to talk about 90's videogame soundtracks that scream 40K, I'm more of a Chaos Gate man myself:
Sadly it would likely need to be remade from scratch given how low quality the sound was, assuming the original composition even exists anywhere. That said, I'd much rather they were releasing all their music as high-quality digital files, because I can actually listen to those - nobody I know has owned a record player since our late teens when we stopped pretending we were going to be famous DJs.
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Sadly it would likely need to be remade from scratch given how low quality the sound was, assuming the original composition even exists anywhere. That said, I'd much rather they were releasing all their music as high-quality digital files, because I can actually listen to those - nobody I know has owned a record player since our late teens when we stopped pretending we were going to be famous DJs.
I have the wav files of the music. Can they PMd over Dakka?
