Marc Martin

Yes, thanks, that's much clearer (to me) than the articles I read. :-)

On blog.trekcore.com, the producer of this release Neil Bulk confirmed that this release was not taken from the 24 track, but rather a 3-track (left/center/right?) "film mix". Although it's not yet clear to me where this came from, as he said it wasn't the rough stereo mix. And now the producer answered my question.... "The 24-track was recorded in the event they needed to go back and re-mix. The 3-track mix was recorded live for use in the film. There was no indication that any cues were re-mixed from scratch from the 24-track. "

So I've read the articles about this release, and it appears to me (unless I'm reading them wrong) that this is not taken from the 24-track 2" analog tape, but rather from a "rough stereo mix" on 1/2" analog tape? Downmixed while it was being recorded live. So that this mix may not be as good as what was originally released, as there isn't much that one can do to adjust a recording that is already stereo to begin with? Of course the frequency response will be better, but the mix itself? Or maybe the "rough stereo mix" was pretty much the same as what was used for the final mix...