C_Matt's "Queen II (HD Revision)"

Matt, please check out your PM box.

Hey Matt, thank you for the incredible job you did, really brings new life into these songs ! I wanted to know if you still want to give Innuendo your "treatment" next -this muddy beast would sure benefit from a bit of clarity !

Cheers!

^ Quoted from another comment in the same thread:

"I was hopping to finish the whole album before Christmas, then New Year... now I don't know when. Just too much time working on it and I can't wait to finish it and re-do ADatR, HS, and explore 'Innuendo'. My goal is to do this three albums and at least two more this year. "

Jazz is in terrible need of some care (Dead On Time would sound just thunderous with a better drum mix), and so is Queen I. The Miracle sounds really weak too in places, and News Of The World have a few muddy numbers, especially SHA.

Late to the party here as always, but nonetheless:
Wonderful work on Black Queen. The drums have so much more punch, really makes those upbeat parts come across much more strongly, especially at the points where it shifts into 3/4 - your mix gives those parts the power they ought to have.

And that piano on the instrumental section after the 'I rule...' section. It's exquisitely played, yet almost completely inaudible on the official mixes.
c_matt's mix also leaves me without doubt that the line after 'Never dots her 'I's' is 'She's our leader', with emphasis on 'er'.

Hummmmmm........ Matt, if you're reading, hope you're Ok! This long abscence is already making me feel worried about you! Cheers dude!

^ If you feel worried, stalk his Facebook. You can find it at the end of some PDF (explaining the changes on the songs).

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^ If you feel worried, stalk his Facebook. You can find it at the end of some PDF (explaining the changes on the songs).[/QUOTE]

thanks for the advise BETA !

Hello world! My God... sorry for this enormous absence, but this were some heavy weeks. I had a final exam on March 3rd, the most difficult (really, people cry and escape from it)... is not the subject itself (HR), is because of the demanding professor's teaching style. I studied with a friend, which vomited the same exam day only by drinking water, and I got blind points all over my visual field during weeks (like when you see right directly to a lamp and it gets recorded into your eye)... stress. This is a shitty situation, really, and when it finished I got conjunctivitis. Great! But now I'm better, trough my right eye is a bit sensitive to light (yeah, I can't use my computer too long).

Beside this, the summer started and work got heavy too, and I enjoyed every single beach day too, so really little time spent in home.

To put it simple: The most time demanding album got me at my busiest days of the year. Anyway, I loved every single bit of working on it.

I'm not dead, but literally had zero time. Only SwaFIB to go. Then I'll read every suggestion to get a better sound for every song, and I'll upload the album (CD 1) with its notes... and all then the extras.

Well, now, here is the last part of the white side: SDOD - TLitE.

Overall, I've done a lot of guitar volume and priority work on them, enhanced the drums and the bass, and gave clarity to the vocals in both of them. I wanted SDOD to sound light except in the choruses, and TLitE is a heavy track, so the bass is really prominent on it and the drums are dirty and really have a lot of weight.

I really suspect that SDOD have doble bass track at 2:15, but hard to tell due the muddiness of the song. And TLitE has a lot of guitars. I wonder who played every one of them.

Cmi, I already responded!
Estanged, I'm really happy to know that you discovered this remixes! As Beta said, I will give 'Innuendo' a check soon too and try to give it a more natural sound.
Oscar, I'll do them all of them, don't worry!
TomChristie, I really like those 3/4 parts too, the guitars and the drum cymbals and hi-hat were really really hidden at those parts. And yes, the piano is just fantastic, it gives me heavy shivers. I don't know what Freddie exactly says at that part, as much as I want to hear "She's our leader" I barely can hear "Mentally tall"... if it makes any sense.
Vali, thank you very much for worrying! You have the detailed description of my life these last months up there, but overall, I'm good and ready to finish the album right now. Thank you for asking, pal!
Beta, lol! Stalk my facebook, good strategy! Trough I don't think you'll find anything interesting, as I barely go in there. Maybe some funny and silly posts from my friends. Have a good trip!

Please, enjoy the songs and don't forget to comment!!!

PD: I make a promise right now: I promise to update my posts every Sunday (except this next one). This might tie me a bit more to the forum and not abandom it for long periods of time.

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Matt is back !!

thanks buddy; couldn´t listen to SDAD/LITE properly yet, can´t wait !

I don't know if it's just me, but at 4:06 I hear you tried to make longer the fade out, but a little mistake ocurred. The volume goes down and suddenly it goes a bit up.

Check it Matt.

As for me, I need more presence of the drums in SDOD. Otherwise it's great!

Heavenly sound in SDOD ! loving all the background vocals so much ! gtrs & bass sound great and perhaps, as CMI said, a little more weight on the drums would make it perfect. But that´s a matter of taste, of course.

As for LiTE .... wow, perfect, just perfect ! indeed, so many guitars in there. Despite its lyrics being critizised many times I´ve always loved this track

Thank you! That volume issue at 4:06 is actually from the original guitar solo, but as now it is centered it has been enhanced. I'll check that!
About the drums, I'll try to do my best putting them a bit louder, but it's really hard since the drum "information" to work with in the source original song is really sunken.
I know what you say about TLitE, an awesome and agressive track, but with silly lyrics. I love the instrumental.

Very very soon I'll be uploading SwaFIB with the complete album and start to work with CD 2.

Again, thank you very much for your responses!!



Cheers!