Can you hear the difference?

Performance & Techniques Music Production
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Can you hear the difference?

These two songs are the same song, however one is slightly mastered (I did it so I’m not that great…) and also includes a few changes throughout the track. Listen to both tracks and see if you can spot the differences between the two, and then post your findings here.

Which of the two do you prefer?
How many changes did you find? And what were they?

Original version

https://soundcloud.com/ron-soul-oh/ron-solo-farewell-rinzler

Mastered/reworked version

https://soundcloud.com/ron-soul-oh/farewell-rinzler-final-edit

Some of the changes are very obvious, however there are quite a few subtle changes.

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You should not have told us which one the mastered one was and had us guess :slight_smile:, it may have helped more!

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haha that’s a sweet idea, gonna do that next time.

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played em for about 15 secs each and didn’t hear a difference. perhaps i’d find something if I gave it a full listen. but still, it would be tough. soundcloud streams are 128kbps mp3.

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I noticed more punch and highs to the mastered, and the synth at the first breakdown.

I think it sounds fine, and hey! You now have one more soundcloud follower :smiley:

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yeah soundcloud does compress it quite a bit. but with mastered track you should still be able to compare the two. although most of the difference will be noticable with proper monitors and later on in the track.

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thanks thanks =] do appreciate it.