C_Matt's "Hot Space (HD Revision)"

Hello again, another attempt to make a Queen album sound better.

This time, 'Hot Space' is the chosen one. As a preview, I upload a few songs from the few I finished. It's taking too long because I'm really bussy with the university and other jobs till a stressing point. No time to do absolutely anything, and when I have it, I only want to do anything productive, and I really hate that. I can't tell when this one will be uploaded completely, but as far as I hear, the results are great.

Here are three songs:








Cool Cat

General:
-Cleaned some noticeable "MBMPBH" breaths at the mic (ex: "Oaahh" 0:16 or "Happen" 2:04).
-So much cleaner sound.
-New start.
-Eliminated some clicks.
-Reduced lots of strange noises (like at the 0:50 "Feeling the beat of my heart").

Drums:
-Brigther cymbals.
-Raised up hi-hat.
-Panned a little the hi-hat.
-Smoother and slightly boxier snare.
-Enhanced the click at every snare.
-Corrected every single snare, no more opaque hits.

Vocals:
-More natural voice, eliminated a bit of that effect.
-Raised up vocals, because rest is a bit loud.
-Stereo expanded backing vocals.

Guitar:
-Added a bit of reverb.
-Added some deleted guitars.

Keyboard:
-Smoother start (at 1:14)
-Added some pan.

Bass:
-Cleaner bass.
-Raised up volume.

Excellent! I'll check it right now. Thanks.

Punchi panchi punchi panchi... Dancer

General:
-Corrected speed problems.
-Given depth and life to those flat choruses.
-Eliminated an annoying hiss during the whole song.
-New ending.

Drums:
-Restored the whole percussion set shine.
-So much more depth to the drums, no more ultra flat percussion.
-Given attack to the kick and the snare (this song needed a "PUM PUM PUM").
-Added tambourine to the second chorus.

Vocals:
-Not so ear driller backing vocals.
-More body to the backing vocals.
-Stereo expanded backing vocals.
-More body to Freddie's voice, not so ghostly (specially at 'pararap pararap...' or 'Hot space, let's go!').
-Added some new "Dancer, dancer" to the ending guitar solo.
-Added a bit, and just a bit of crowd effect to the last dancers.

Guitar:
-Cleaner sound.
-Raised up some choruses guitars.
-Raised up the guitar at the messy end.

Bass:
-More definition and attack given to the bass.
-Lowered down the excessive lows.
-Balanced the lows between the lows themselves.
-Fixed the drop that the lows had at 3:09.

And for this one, I need you to put your volume very very loud.

Under Pressure (Album Version)

General:
-Cleaner sound.
-More "explosive" explosive parts and "quieter" quiet parts.
-More quiet and relaxed finger clicks and claps.
-More natural sound, not so synthesized.
-Lots of other things which I can't remember, so I didn't wrote them.

Drums:
-Less carton drums.
-Given a body to the snare, sounds more Queen.
-Changed the general snare sound.
-More definition to the hi-hat.
-Pan to the drum climax.
-More body to the toms
-Pan to the hi-hat and cymbals.
-Messy hi-hat at the necessary parts.
-Centered the snare, no more annoying echo by the left channel.

Vocals:
-Stereo expanded the "Pressure on people" and "People on streets" backing vocals.
-More natural vocals.
-Fixed the second "Pray tomorrow" which started on the "morrow".
-Eliminated a very annoying hiss at the "...that one more chance" at the "give love" part.
-Corrected a bit the "LIKE A blind man" pitch.

Guitar:
-Changed the volume priority at some parts.
-A bit more of overdrive in the strong parts.

Piano:
-More presence.
-A bit brighter piano.
-Key role to the piano.

Keyboard & Effects:
-Pan to some parts.
-More presence at some main parts.
-Eliminated white hiss in the keyboard tracks

Bass:
-More definition given to the bass.
-Adjusted some parts so it fits with the bass drum.
-Eliminated the bass note at the "Turned away" part start.

Great, Mouse Rapist! Just listen very tranquil and enjoy them, I'll come back in a few days to QueenZone.

Cheers!

I think it will take a "Miracle" to make this album sound any better, unless you have a whole batch of new songs for it. ;)

Thanks for the preview. As usual, it sounds like the project is going to be another winner. Your attention to detail is amazing. You have a knack for picking out these little nuances and hi-lighting them in a way that doesn't distract from the track as a whole. I think that Cool Cat is the biggest revelation so far. You made a somewhat dull song hold my attention. I'm digging those 'new' guitar parts. Really gives the song some depth.

I think Hot Space, while certainly not a great album, is a little bit picked on. Maybe it just came at a pivotal point in my life. I think it was the first Queen album I bought for myself on release. I had just turned 14 and I saw them for my first and only time on this tour, which I think was their last US tour.

Thanks again, and I'll be looking forward to the rest of it.

I love and am amazed at what you do. I'm looking forward to listening closely to these.

Thank You

Woaaaaaah !

amazing Matt, amazing !

these previews sound just ... spectacular to me !

as said above in another post, it´s incredible the atention you put on every smallest detail to make it audible as never before,

Hot Space is an album that with the passing of time has grown more and more in me, so I was expecting this new effort with much anticipation.

Can´t wait listening carefully to the whole album. Keep on with the good work!

:)

Nice! Can't wait to have a listen on the ride home tonight!

Dancer sounds effing awesome! :)

Wow, thank you very much to all of you for those nice replies! These three songs have a lot of love, and I'm very happy you liked them. It's really really hard to work with this album, to get a good sound since the album mixes are too flat. Now I'm working really hard with 'Action This Day', not easy at all, is the most opaque song of all the tracklist. Hopefully,I'll be working more 'Hot Space' when I finish this week, full of exams.

I uploaded some past albums in FLAC format at the main topic, I'll be uploading them as I can.

Cheers!

[QUOTE] [b]Lord Fickle wrote:[/b]

I think it will take a "Miracle" to make this album sound any better, unless you have a whole batch of new songs for it. ;)[/QUOTE]

Now Now Fickle.
Hot Space is a GREAT album!

very good Job. Thanks