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Engineering Brief

The Good Vibrations Problem

Authors: FitzGerald, Derry

AES Convention 134 · Paper 100 · May 2013

Abstract

Many of the Beach Boys’ records were mono only as this was Brian Wilson's preferred format. However, starting in the mid-1990s, stereo mixes of many of these classics were created by synchronizing the tracks from the instrumental multitrack with those of the vocal multitrack. Unfortunately, for a number of tracks, including “Good Vibrations,” elements of the multitracks were missing, making a true stereo mix impossible. This paper deals with how stereo extraction mixes were created for a number of Beach Boys’ songs using sound source separation techniques to separate sources from the original mono recordings, which were then panned to create stereo mixes. These mixes were used in reissues of Beach Boys albums in 2012.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 134
AES Convention
134
Paper number
100
Publication date
May 6, 2013
Affiliation
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief