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Soluzar · Local time: Jul 26, 2007, 07:49 PM

I don't see how it's possible. You can't add in information that's not there. All you can do is to take yet more information away. MP3 uses lossy compression, so when you decompress the files, you don't automatically get back all the data that was discarded.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Soluzar · Local time: Jul 26, 2007, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by gulahi

Here's an interesting link: http://www.team-gizka.org/2005-04-03.html
At the very bottom, there is an "Music Restoration" article, there is also an archive with samples and a text document.

And it has to be said, results of that restore is quite impressive.
This is proving, that it is possible to get good results even from a very limited source.

Impressive...?

What am I not hearing? I don't hear anything in the "restored" version that was not in the original version, personally. I can see that it has been re-encoded at a higher bitrate, and that it is in stereo. What I don't see is how that has improved either of the tracks at all.

After all... you can't just draw additional data from thin air. Quite nice music though. I might try to find a gamerip now, or even buy a copy of the game just for the music.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Soluzar · Local time: Aug 3, 2007, 09:44 AM

I will admit that there's a bit more stereo in some of these samples. I'll also admit that the Freelancer music is fairly nice, and worth a listen. I just don't think the gains outweigh the losses though. When you're recompressing a lossy MP3 to another lossy MP3, you will lose quality.

Isn't something like this more likely to offer the better quality you're looking for? Are there tracks which exist in the game but are not on the OST?

http://music.msn.com/album/?album=39728626

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Soluzar · Local time: Aug 17, 2007, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by gulahi

I have this soundtrack (courtesy of bishop743). The point is, it contains almost all music that is written by Visual Music and James Hannigan, but it totally misses out these bar themes, written by Andrew Sega.

In that case I sympathise with your plight. I still say there's nothing significant you can do, but I do sympathise.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?