"HD" versions of SC and BC&SL

[throwman]

Not sure if there is already a thread about this or if it just got passed over or lumped in with the 2012 North American tour dates press release, but this news caught my eye. If these get the same treatment that ADToE did as far as being less brickwalled, then they might be worth it. Also, I wonder if the BC&SL version will be all three discs (regular, instrumental sans solos, covers) or just the regular disc. My gut says just the regular, but if it's all three then I will definitely be purchasing.

[BlobVanDam]

What what? I must have missed this news.

SC is their worst offender for loud mastering, so if these are any better at all, it would make a world of difference, and I'd consider getting it.

[throwman]

Yeah, it was just kinda thrown in there in the blurb before the tour dates. Easy to miss.

Meanwhile, A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS is now available on HD Tracks, a digital retailer that offers high resolution downloads.   Systematic Chaos and Black Clouds & Silver Linings will soon be available on the platform as well.

[throwman]

(Less) hot master, I will buy for you

[BlobVanDam]

Yeah, it was just kinda thrown in there in the blurb before the tour dates. Easy to miss.

Meanwhile, A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS is now available on HD Tracks, a digital retailer that offers high resolution downloads.   Systematic Chaos and Black Clouds & Silver Linings will soon be available on the platform as well.

Yeah, I probably just skimmed it and saw the same old news and missed that tacked onto the end there. They really should have mentioned that separately!

[The Letter M]

Whoa! Great news! These are in FLAC format, correct? Anyone know of any FREE programs that convert FLAC into WAV so I can burn these to CD? I haven't bought ADTOE in HD yet, but I've read good things about it on here, so I'm excited to hear about the release of the prior 2 albums in HD!

-Marc.

[throwman]

Audacity should be able to convert to WAV. I know it can convert to MP3 by using the LAME plugin so WAV should actually be easier.

[Nick]

I'll buy all three once they do this the right way and make them available on DVD-A, preferably with a 5.1 mix.

[drew512]

I'll buy all three once they do this the right way and make them available on DVD-A, preferably with a 5.1 mix.

I used DVD-Audiofile to create a DVD-A .iso from the 24/96 FLAC files, then just burned that to a DVD. Works great.

The 24/96 version of ADTOE is a big improvement in terms of dynamic range. If they give the same proper treatment to SC and BC&SL, it'll be a no-brainer purchase for me.

[Implode]

This would be an insta-buy for me.

[MajorMatt]

I would be all over these but ADTOE at least is not available in the UK 

[Groundhog]

I would be all over these but ADTOE at least is not available in the UK 

Use a Paypal account. Worked for me. 

[devieira73]

It would be cool if they add raw dog as a bonus track for black clouds, besides the cover songs too, of course!
I don' t care that much for the instrumental versions without the solos...
A little off topic, but I think it would be really really cool instrumental "versions" of the songs, with the vocal melodies replaced by guitars or keyboards.
ok, ok, too much whish list in one post!

[MajorMatt]

I would be all over these but ADTOE at least is not available in the UK 

Use a Paypal account. Worked for me. 

I can't even get that far, as soon as I click add to cart the website gives me a message saying that it is not available in my country.

[hefdaddy42]

It would be cool if they add raw dog as a bonus track for black clouds

Really?

[devieira73]

Really. I like the song and wanted it in quality betterr than mp3. Also I think that it fits the black clouds style... just my opinion!

[ResultsMayVary]

It would be cool if they add raw dog as a bonus track for black clouds

Really?

+1

[SystematicThought]

I'll come out of the djent sounding guitar's ass and say that I like Raw Dog too, stupid title aside

[SeRoX]

I am really interested in HD Systematic Chaos since its producation is kinda weak.

[seasonsinthesky]

I would be all over these but ADTOE at least is not available in the UK 

Use a Paypal account. Worked for me. 

I can't even get that far, as soon as I click add to cart the website gives me a message saying that it is not available in my country.

i've been told you can just keep the country as US and fill in the rest of your address as you normally would for your country and it will work. don't quote me on it, though! unless you try and it works 

[Nick]

I'll buy all three once they do this the right way and make them available on DVD-A, preferably with a 5.1 mix.

I used DVD-Audiofile to create a DVD-A .iso from the 24/96 FLAC files, then just burned that to a DVD. Works great.

The 24/96 version of ADTOE is a big improvement in terms of dynamic range. If they give the same proper treatment to SC and BC&SL, it'll be a no-brainer purchase for me.

I may do something like this at some point, but the price was quite steep for a digital download, which I generally don't ever buy out of principle.

[TheSoylentMan]

Sounds interesting. Where's the link to this? I took a quick look at dreamtheater.net and didn't see anything.

[Groundhog]

There was a really good discussion about ADToE HDtracks version on MP forum, but it got deleted for no obvious reason.

[FsF]

(Less) hot master, I will buy for you

Speaking of good things that were lost in the shuffle...

[soulburner]

This is really good news - Systematic Chaos without the loudness war treatment? Hell yeah!

[lordvader]

I can confirm that

Also, this is my first post here !

The usual, long time fan, first time poster

...

i've been told you can just keep the country as US and fill in the rest of your address as you normally would for your country and it will work. don't quote me on it, though! unless you try and it works 

[Bolsters]

What about the old albums? Give me SFAM and 6DOIT at 24-bit/192khz

[BlobVanDam]

What about the old albums? Give me SFAM and 6DOIT at 24-bit/192khz

HD SDOIT = new pants forever.

[WindMaster]

What about the old albums? Give me SFAM and 6DOIT at 24-bit/192khz

HD SDOIT = new pants forever.

[seasonsinthesky]

What about the old albums? Give me SFAM and 6DOIT at 24-bit/192khz

looks like they're just doing Roadrunner albums for now. it's possible that it may take a lot more time to get the rights for the back catalog

[Zook]

I'd rather they gave SFAM a proper remix before HDifying it.

[ProgressiveIce]

Have there been any updates regarding these releases?

[thunderdog10]

I'll buy all three once they do this the right way and make them available on DVD-A, preferably with a 5.1 mix.

I used DVD-Audiofile to create a DVD-A .iso from the 24/96 FLAC files, then just burned that to a DVD. Works great.

The 24/96 version of ADTOE is a big improvement in terms of dynamic range. If they give the same proper treatment to SC and BC&SL, it'll be a no-brainer purchase for me.

did you burn as a DVD-A or just a DVD as my DVD player wont play DVD-A

[Zydar]

I'm interested in getting the HDtracks of ADTOE, but can anyone say how much better the quality is from the regular CD version? Is it worth it?

[Full Speed]

I'd also like to know what happened to these. At this point, I guess they're just not coming.