Author Topic: DJ Quik - Under The Influence Sound Quality?? (Read 1024 times)

Matty · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2011, 06:53:52 PM »

Quote from: K-MY on April 23, 2011, 11:27:33 AM

Quote from: 3rd Coast on April 23, 2011, 11:12:31 AM

aint nothin wrong with it imo...

if u never been use to the old stuff...u would appreciate the instruments and basslines...

The fact is that Under Tha Influence got a shitty sound on CD, listen to the Put It On Me's youtube link i posted, there is something wrong, the track seems like unfinished and DJ Coma found the problem:

Quote from: DJ Coma on April 22, 2011, 08:00:15 AM
Quote from: Matty on April 22, 2011, 03:33:31 AM
i keep reading about this but i can't hear anything wrong with the retai disc at all. we need some of this better downloadable version for comparison. i'd like to hear what the difference is cause there has to be something significant for so many people to be noticing it.

The high end got heavily compressed or cut on the final master, hence why it sounds dull and not crystal clear. There was an advance (it had the original, better version of 50 Wayz on it) that was either unmastered or mastered differently and I personally think it sounds better. I think I have at least some of the tracks from the advance laying around. I'll see if I can find them...

ok...if we're gonna use 'put it on me' for comparison. here is the track ripped straight off my cd @ 320kbps...

http://www.mediafire.com/?rzrv174kh3ah195

does this sound shitty to anyone? and can anyone post a direct rip of a clearer sounding version...off the training day ost or whatever? i got a feeling for whatever reason the UTI mastering could be overly boomy and lacking a bit of highs, but i really want to hear this difference for myself.

Matty · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2011, 06:58:11 PM »

put it on me instrumental (off a different disc) http://www.mediafire.com/?vjh3z4l6c1lp22y

this isn't quite as loud, but does sound slightly clearer on the highs. thoughts?

K-MY · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2011, 01:01:08 AM »

Quote from: Matty on April 23, 2011, 06:53:52 PM

Quote from: K-MY on April 23, 2011, 11:27:33 AM
Quote from: 3rd Coast on April 23, 2011, 11:12:31 AM

aint nothin wrong with it imo...

if u never been use to the old stuff...u would appreciate the instruments and basslines...

The fact is that Under Tha Influence got a shitty sound on CD, listen to the Put It On Me's youtube link i posted, there is something wrong, the track seems like unfinished and DJ Coma found the problem:

Quote from: DJ Coma on April 22, 2011, 08:00:15 AM
Quote from: Matty on April 22, 2011, 03:33:31 AM
i keep reading about this but i can't hear anything wrong with the retai disc at all. we need some of this better downloadable version for comparison. i'd like to hear what the difference is cause there has to be something significant for so many people to be noticing it.

The high end got heavily compressed or cut on the final master, hence why it sounds dull and not crystal clear. There was an advance (it had the original, better version of 50 Wayz on it) that was either unmastered or mastered differently and I personally think it sounds better. I think I have at least some of the tracks from the advance laying around. I'll see if I can find them...

ok...if we're gonna use 'put it on me' for comparison. here is the track ripped straight off my cd @ 320kbps...

http://www.mediafire.com/?rzrv174kh3ah195

does this sound shitty to anyone? and can anyone post a direct rip of a clearer sounding version...off the training day ost or whatever? i got a feeling for whatever reason the UTI mastering could be overly boomy and lacking a bit of highs, but i really want to hear this difference for myself.

Ok, i understand why you don't hear the problem, cause your tracks seems correct, like the one on the Training Day OST, i thought all Under Tha Influence's CD got the same problem but maybe only few got it, i got this album twice with, so maybe there was 2 pressing, one clear, another one with the shitty sound... Damn

MarshColin · « **Reply #18 on:** April 24, 2011, 10:03:32 AM »

I haven't had a chance to do comparisons yet but I really want to solve this mystery. If there's a pressing with better quality I gotta get that instead! I'll FLAC rip my UTI copy today. One thing I do remember though is that Put It On Me sounded better than most of the other tracks on my copy. I figured this was because they grabbed the mastered version from Training Day and through it on there so it was already done properly.

Soopahigh · « **Reply #19 on:** April 24, 2011, 02:03:00 PM »

Quote from: bigpimpin20 on April 23, 2011, 03:38:36 AM

Quote from Quik about that album:

"I'm switching back from that watered-down, corny sh-- I did with Arista. It wasn't just the whole Roger Troutman thing. Everyone thinks that's what it's about now — you gotta be real clean and linear. [My new album is] recorded in the fashion we used to do. The analog stuff, the old preamps, big microphones. It's a big sound. We're turning big knobs in the studio."

maybe its the reason it sounds like this

I think that it's the reason but for real the album is dope and the sound is not really bad. In fact it took me a few years to realise it...

Matty · « **Reply #20 on:** April 24, 2011, 06:01:03 PM »

Quote from: DJ Coma on April 24, 2011, 10:03:32 AM

I haven't had a chance to do comparisons yet but I really want to solve this mystery. If there's a pressing with better quality I gotta get that instead! I'll FLAC rip my UTI copy today. One thing I do remember though is that Put It On Me sounded better than most of the other tracks on my copy. I figured this was because they grabbed the mastered version from Training Day and through it on there so it was already done properly.

i can rip my one too. i somehow doubt there was two pressings of the cd cause its entirely out of print now, but who knows...

GangstaBoogy · « **Reply #21 on:** April 24, 2011, 10:41:47 PM »

Did dubcnn do their dj quik interview already? If not they should ask him about this

Eddz · « **Reply #22 on:** April 26, 2011, 01:57:38 AM »

I was listening to the snippets on i-tunes and the quality sounds better. I don't really want to pay for another copy on i-tunes but I will if I can't find it in better quality.

I borrowed my brothers copy so I'll see if there is any difference but I doubt there will be.