Post #818591 by TexBaxter on Sun, Jul 12, 2026 10:35 AM

I've went down a rabbit hole with "African Jazz" which is: Is it better to try and deverb/demix the stereo mix to try to get close to the intimate dry (in the room) feel of the mono mix or is it better to just work on stereo-upmixing the mono mix.

The stereo mix is, of course, in S-T-E-R-E-O but it's like the worst stereo and some instruments that are clear and present in mono are barely there in the stereo.

This necessitates a ridiculously level of instrument separation just to rebuild the original mono balances. It also sounds like the stereo microphones were off to the sides of the mono-only mix microphones. They HAD to have been running a mono machine and a stereo machine (3-track) at the same time. You absolutely can not fold down the stereo to get the mono the microphone placements are noticeably different. The edits are different as well. For example one track has a totally different solo section.

Here's "Jungalero" mono-to-stereo upmix: https://pixeldrain.com/u/ZDpoPzo9

Here's "Jungalero" deverbed/rebalanced original stereo: https://pixeldrain.com/u/ozuo6Nj4

[ Edited by TexBaxter on 2026-07-12 10:36:16 ]

[ Edited by TexBaxter on 2026-07-12 10:37:27 ]