The Beatles Revolver


Just read where Giles Martin is using  AI-powered audio separation technology to remix Revolver. From what I read he can take the mono tracks and separate all the instruments and vocals on the 4 track tape the were recorded on and then I guess remix them in 24 track or whatever he wants. Is this good? I love The Beatles and no matter how much better it my sound it not the same. They had what they had in 1966. And George Martin did wonders with 4 tracks. Where does this reissuing of classic albums stop. Is Revolver remixed in multi tracks still Revolver?

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@vair68robert  +1

Back in the day all the tens, hundreds (?) of snippets of taped musical components of a Beatles' song were individually mixed on 4 track and then "bounced down",  enabling more musical elements to be added, which inevitably degraded the overall SQ.

Giles Martin has been able to sync the original, first generation tapes directly to 100+ channel mixing boards and the results, to my ears, is superb. 

Sgt. Pepper on BluRay is the pinnacle of audio quality as played through my system.....and if you've never heard Ringo's uncompressed drums I encourage you to seek it out.

If the re-jiggered sound is offensively different than what you remember when the music was originally released, then most certainly ignore it.....just don't restrict my choice to enjoy it. 

(apologies if I've wrongly described the recording process)